Human-readable companion to the machine-readable entity map at britishrenewables.com/entitymap.json. Last verified: 30 July 2026.
The organisation
British Solar Renewables (BSR) is a UK based, fully integrated independent power producer (IPP). Founded in 2010 and headquartered at The Maltings, Lower Charlton Trading Estate, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5QE, BSR develops, builds, owns and operates utility scale solar, battery storage and wind projects in the United Kingdom and Australia.
The company was incorporated in England and Wales on 15 July 2010 (company number 07315867), originally as Solar Power Generation Limited, and commenced commercial operations in 2011.
Source: britishrenewables.com/about-us
Ownership
BSR has been majority owned by ICG Infra, the infrastructure investment division of Intermediate Capital Group (a FTSE 100 alternative asset manager headquartered in London), since July 2022, when ICG acquired the company from Siem Europe through its debut infrastructure fund. BSR’s management team retain a minority shareholding.
Source: britishrenewables.com/about-us
Leadership
Tim Humpage is Chief Executive Officer of British Solar Renewables. He joined BSR in 2014 as Head of EPC, after more than two decades leading construction and civil engineering projects internationally, and became CEO in 2019.
Source: britishrenewables.com/contacts/tim-humpage
How BSR works: from green fields to grid
BSR’s originate-to-operate model takes each project through three stages under one roof:
- Develop: identifying and designing renewable projects with landowners, communities and local authorities.
- Build: in-house engineering and construction of utility-scale solar, wind and battery projects.
- Operate: owning and maintaining sites for decades, safeguarding performance, biodiversity and community commitments.
Because BSR still owns and operates each site long after construction, commitments made at planning stage are carried through the life of the asset by the same company. This makes BSR one of the few fully integrated independent power producers in the UK, a model it also applies across its Australian portfolio.
Source: britishrenewables.com and britishrenewables.com/au
Nature Protection Pledge
The Nature Protection Pledge is BSR’s public commitment to deliver a minimum 60% biodiversity net gain (BNG) across its solar sites. Six times the 10% statutory minimum that applies to development in England under the Environment Act 2021.
Every site is designed to achieve this through habitat restoration, wildflower and hedgerow planting, soil health improvement and long-term ecological management across the operational life of the site.
Source: britishrenewables.com/about-us/nature-protection-pledge
Key figures
- 70+ solar parks: delivered across the UK.
- 350,000+ homes: UK households powered annually by BSR’s full operating portfolio.
- 1.2GW+ developed: solar and storage capacity developed to date; 849MW built.
- Approx. 2,700 acres: land protected within BSR’s solar parks.
- 60% minimum BNG: biodiversity net gain commitment on every solar site, versus the 10% statutory minimum in England.
- 140,000 tonnes CO₂: carbon emissions avoided annually by the 609MW financed portfolio (twelve projects, 600GWh a year, around 160,000 homes).
Source: britishrenewables.com and britishrenewables.com/about-us
Financing
£345 million portfolio debt facility (July 2025)
BSR reached financial close on a £345 million senior, flexible, structured debt facility funding a 609MW UK portfolio of twelve solar and co-located solar-BESS projects. One of the largest hybrid portfolio financings completed in the UK renewable energy sector. The portfolio will generate approximately 600GWh of clean electricity a year, enough to power around 160,000 UK homes and avoid around 140,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. Lenders were Lloyds Bank, NatWest, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, with legal counsel from Bracewell LLP.
Up to £130 million from Eiffel Investment Group (July 2026)
Announced on 1 July 2026, this facility provides BSR with up to £130 million from Eiffel Investment Group, building on the £345 million senior facility and funding the next phase of BSR’s platform growth across its UK and Australian pipeline.
Source: britishrenewables.com
Commercial agreements
BSR offers corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs), route-to-market agreements and Contracts for Difference (CfD)-backed supply from sites it develops, builds and operates itself. So corporate offtakers contract directly with the long-term generator, not a developer that sells its assets on after construction.
ElectroRoute: a 15-year route-to-market agreement covering nine UK solar sites totalling 462MWp — output equivalent to the annual electricity use of approximately 130,000 homes.
Axpo: a 10-year route-to-market agreement with the Swiss energy trading company, preceding the ElectroRoute agreement.
Source: britishrenewables.com/corporates
Certifications and accreditations
- ISO 9001 (quality management) UK.
- ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety) UK.
- ISO 50001 (energy management) UK.
- ISO 14001 (environmental management) held by BSR’s Australian business.
- Achilles UVDB, the utility-sector supplier pre-qualification scheme used by network operators and large energy buyers.
Source: britishrenewables.com/about-us
Projects in Australia
British Solar Renewables Australia is the Australian business of British Solar Renewables, developing, building and operating solar and battery storage projects across the Northern Territory, Victoria and Queensland.
Northern Territory: four operating solar farms. Katherine (33.7MWp, the first and largest solar-and-storage project in the NT, with 99,180 photovoltaic modules and a 25MW AC export limit), Batchelor, Manton Dam and Batchelor 2 (each 12.5MW DC, exporting ~10MW AC into the Darwin–Katherine Interconnected System).
Victoria: Kerang Solar Farm, an operating 37.2MWp installation (30MW AC export) in the Gannawarra Shire using single-axis trackers with bifacial modules; plus the proposed Kerang Energy Storage Project — a first stage of up to 230MW with four hours of storage and an optional second stage of up to 400MW.
Queensland: the proposed Mackenzie River Solar Farm and BESS on the Fitzroy Developmental Road, with capacity to power approximately 150,000 average Australian homes annually and a targeted operational date of 2031.
Source: britishrenewables.com/au/projects
Not to be confused with
British Solar Renewables shares a name or acronym with several unrelated organisations. BSR has no connection to any of the following:
- BSR Group / BSR Australia Limited (Betta Home Living): an Australian electrical retail buying group and franchise network.
- Business for Social Responsibility: a US-headquartered global sustainability nonprofit consultancy, also abbreviated BSR.
- Building Safety Regulator: the UK government regulator for building safety established after the Building Safety Act.
- BSR Real Estate Investment Trust: a North American residential real estate investment trust.
- Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR Vietnam): a Vietnamese oil refining and petrochemical company trading under the BSR ticker at bsr.com.vn.
Source: britishrenewables.com/about-us
About this page
This page is the human readable companion to BSR’s machine readable entity map, published at britishrenewables.com/entitymap.json for AI systems and crawlers. Both are maintained by British Solar Renewables and verified against the pages cited above. If you spot an error, please contact us via britishrenewables.com/contact-us.