Renewable energy developer RES has submitted a planning application to the Scottish government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) for a 150MW BESS.

Segen and BNP Paribas have launched a programme to finance commercial and industrial (C&I) solar installations in the UK and Germany.

The High Court has interpreted national policy on “overplanting” in solar energy schemes in a recent case. As Melanie Grimshaw and Ryan Williams explain, the judgment provides much-needed clarity on overplanting solar farms below 50MW.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Root-Power has announced that it has submitted plans for four energy storage projects into Ofgem’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) tender.

Solar PV developer Aura Power has announced that it has successfully secured financing for its third UK solar project.

Developer Renewable Connections has received planning consent for a 23.5MW solar PV plant co-located with a 19MW battery energy storage system (BESS).

Renewable energy developer SSE Renewables has announced that it has opened the first public consultation for a proposed solar and storage development.

Ministers have confirmed the Future Homes Standard (FHS) will include provision that all new build properties have solar PV installed.

Earlier this week, TotalEnergies announced it had acquired a pipeline of eight solar projects from Low Carbon with a total capacity of 350MW, along with two battery storage projects totalling 85MW.

EDF Renewables UK has contracted Finnish technology group Wärtsilä for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.