Elgin raises £4.25m for 210MW subsidy-free solar portfolio
Elgin Energy is to progress a 210MW portfolio of subsidy-free solar following the closure of its first fundraise with Focus Capital Partners.
NextEnergy acquires 100MWp from Lightsource BP in £64.3m deal
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired 100MWp of UK solar in a c.£64.3 million deal with Lightsource BP.
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TUC warns Green Homes Grant funding cuts are a ‘wrecking ball’ to green jobs
Of the 100,000 new jobs to result from the Green Homes Grant, only 14,500 of these have been created to date.
Chancellor called on to continue Green Homes Grant to not ‘derail green recovery’
Further calls have come in ahead of next week’s Budget for the Chancellor to not curtail the Green Homes Grant scheme.
Good Energy signs PPA for two solar farms on brownfield land in Flintshire
UK green supplier Good Energy has signed a new subsidy-free agreement for two solar farms in Wales.
Government urged to adopt ‘ambitious target’ for UK solar deployment
A collection of energy and environmental organisations are urging the government to up its commitment to UK solar with the implementation of a deployment target of at least 40GW by 2030.
VivoPower signs battery technology partnership with Tottenham Hotspur FC
VivoPower has been announced as the official battery technology partner for football club Tottenham Hotspur.
NTR acquires 54MW of co-located solar and storage in Wexford
Investor and asset manager NTR has acquired a 54MW portfolio of co-located solar and storage projects in Co. Wexford, Ireland from RES.
Loch Ness pumped hydro developers win consent for 50MW battery project
Planning consent has been granted for a 50MW battery energy storage project in Aberdeenshire for developer Intelligent Land Investments Group (ILI Group).
Chancellor urged to rollover Green Homes Grants funds to underpin confidence in retrofit market
The Chancellor has been sent a further letter urging him to fully rollover unspent Green Homes Grant funding into 2021/22.
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Cambridgeshire’s ‘forward-thinking’ Stanground solar farm on landfill site gets green light
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Stanground solar farm has been given the green light.
Downing unveils first UK utility-scale battery storage site
Downing LLP has announced its first utility-scale battery storage site in the UK, with a 50MW/53MWh project in Nursling, Southampton.
NESF boosts revenues as generation soars 8.1% above budget
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has continued to report what it describes as “strong operational resilience” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in its update for the quarter ending 31 December 2020.
Green Homes Grant to reportedly be scrapped next month despite ‘clear demand’
The Green Homes Grant is to reportedly be shuttered in March, less than a year after it first began operation.
NGOs warn UK will ‘lose international credibility’ if Green Homes Grant isn’t fixed
Further calls for improvements to the Green Homes Grant are being voiced, with NGOs and thinktanks issuing a letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor on the subject.
How UK solar revenue streams could change this year
Solar operators could be handling more complex power purchase agreement (PPA) portfolios with multiple small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as offtakers, according to industry leaders.