Portuguese utility EDP, through EDP renewables (EDPR), has begun construction of its first standalone battery energy storage (BESS) asset in Europe.

Private equity firm AtmosClear Investments has acquired a fully operational 6.4MW rooftop solar portfolio.

Plans for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Yorkshire have been squashed owing to significant concerns from the local council.

Brighton and Hove City Council has announced what it calls its “largest rollout of solar PV to date” on its non-domestic public buildings.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Root-Power has announced it has been granted planning permission for a 50MW/100MWh BESS in Scotland.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has committed to streamlining the approval process for 150 major infrastructure projects.

UK-based renewables developer Elements Green has announced it will make its 800MW solar generation plant in Newark, Nottinghamshire, a “biodiversity haven”.

Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic will power its UK manufacturing facility in Cardiff through the integrated control of three types of energy sources: pure hydrogen fuel cell generators, photovoltaic generators and storage batteries.

RAP Renewables, an industrial component and renewable energy solutions supplier based in the north of England, has won a contract to deliver a solar installation on the rooftop of a warehouse facility owned by Cleveland McIver.

Trina Storage, the energy storage unit of Trina Solar, is set to deliver a 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Scottish Highlands.