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UrbanVolt agrees €40 million debt facility with HSBC

May 7, 2025
Dublin-based solar energy firm UrbanVolt has agreed a new €40 million (£34 million) debt facility with international bank HSBC.
Under Macquarie in the UK, Island Green Power will transition from a pure development business into an independent power producer. Image: Island Green Power.

Macquarie takes full ownership of Island Green Power

May 6, 2025
Australian investor Macquarie Asset Management has acquired an additional 50% stake in Island Green Power, a UK-based solar and battery storage developer.
Grid operators need quality data on the solar in their system. Image: Geograph via Wikimedia Commons.

Grid operators must work together in aftermath of Spain and Portugal blackout 

May 6, 2025
Sonia Dunlop, CEO of the Global Solar Council, explains what stakeholders across the energy ecosystem can learn in the aftermath of the electricity grid outage in Europe.
"The scheme gives an unfair advantage to LDES as they’ll be competing into the same markets with a subsidised lower cost of capital," Zenobē’s founder director said. Image: Zenobē.

‘No proper thinking’: Zenobē on the LDES cap and floor scheme

May 2, 2025
Speaking to Energy-Storage.news, founder and director of Zenobē, James Basden, explains why the company takes issue with the long-duration energy storage (LDES) support scheme.
Over the 30-year lifespan of the development (pictured), sheep grazing will take place around the panels. Image: Blenheim Palace/Pete Seaward.

Blenheim Estate solar plant completed, biodiversity ‘already seeing an uplift’

May 2, 2025
Blenheim Estate has become a net generator of green energy following completion of a solar power plant covering 20 acres of the estate’s land.
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UK entering ‘peak period’ of solar PV theft by ‘fully industrialised’ criminal network

May 1, 2025
March and April saw a “significant rise” in thefts and crime at UK solar projects, with 11 reported incidents compared with just three reported in February.
Cruachan II would be an extension of the existing 440MW Cruachan pumped storage plant (pictured). Image: Drax.

Drax will not bid for LDES cap and floor scheme

May 1, 2025
Generator Drax has announced that it will not bid its Cruachan II pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project into the long duration energy storage (LDES) support mechanism.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband visits Tiln Farm Solar Park. Image: Lauren Hurley / DESNZ via Flickr.

‘Vicious policy fight’ continues as decision on zonal pricing looms

May 1, 2025
Perhaps the most hotly-awaited announcement of the year will be the outcome of the review of electricity market arrangements (REMA).
solar panels on the roof of a house

Local Government Association calls for mandated rooftop solar

April 30, 2025
A new report from the Local Government Association (LGA) has called for all new build homes in the UK to be fitted with solar panels.
Documents published on the ECU website yesterday show that an application for a BESS with an installed capacity of up to 200MW from Zenobē Energy, has been approved. Image: Zenobe's operational Blackhillock BESS.

Energy Consents Unit approves grid-scale battery storage in Scotland

April 30, 2025
Two grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) have been approved for construction in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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