Solar soars to 15% of local authority Green Homes Grant installations
To date, there have been 1,623 installations of solar PV through the Local Authority Delivery of the Green Homes Grant, a significant rise on previously reported figures.
Nofar Energy forms JV for 700MWh UK battery storage site
Israel’s Nofar Energy is to pursue the development of UK battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a new joint venture (JV) with investment group Interland.
PODCAST: A year in solar and energy storage reviewed and what to expect in 2022
The last year is unlikely to be one the solar and energy storage industries will forget in a hurry but, just in case anything from the last 12 months has slipped your mind, the Solar Media Podcast has recapped the biggest news of 2021.
GIG reaches financial close on 40MW UK battery energy storage site
Macquarie’s Green Investment Group has reached financial close on its first UK battery energy storage system (BESS).
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Solar Power Portal’s most read ground-mount solar PV stories of 2021: Solar moves beyond 50MW
Solar Power Portal has taken a look back at the top ground-mount solar stories of 2021, to see what the biggest moments and trends for the sector were.
Schroders acquires 75% of Greencoat for £358m
Global investment manager Schroders is to acquire a 75% shareholding in renewable energy infrastructure manager Greencoat, for an initial consideration of £358 million.
British Solar Renewables gets green light for 50MW Essex solar farm
UK solar developer British Solar Renewables (BSR) has received planning consent for its 49.9MW Fambridge Solar Park.
Nippon Koei’s 100MW of UK battery storage to enter construction
Two UK battery energy storage systems (BESS) under development by Japanese engineering firm Nippon Koei’s Netherlands-based subsidiary have reached financial close.
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RSPB partners Lightrock Power to boost solar PV biodiversity
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is to advise UK solar developer Lightrock Power on how to achieve a 20% biodiversity net gain on its solar farms.
Solar Power Portal’s top battery storage stories of 2021: Pipelines and new entrants
Solar Power Portal takes a look back at the five most read battery storage stories of this year, with fundraising, pipeline announcements and analysis appearing as trends for 2021.
Invinity celebrates energisation of UK’s largest flow battery
A 5MWh flow battery system installed as part of the Energy Superhub Oxford has been energised by Invinity Energy Systems alongside EDF-owned Pivot Power.
PACE secures funding from Hitachi Capital Business Finance to expand portfolio
Solar and battery storage developer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured funding from Hitachi Capital Business Finance.
NTR secures ten-year capacity payments in Ireland for 22MW of battery storage
NTR battery storage projects totaling 22MW have secured ten-year contracts for the supply of grid capacity to the Irish grid system.
Sembcorp to build 360MW battery energy storage system lauded as Europe’s largest
Sembcorp Energy UK is planning on building what it claims will be Europe’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS).
Changes to solar PV management could significantly boost bumble bee populations
Changes to how solar PV park land in the UK is managed could see sites support four times as many bumble bees, new research has found.
Contracts for Difference auction opens with £10m available for solar and onshore wind
The fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has now opened, with solar able to take part for the first time since 2015.