Solar Media Staff

Solar Media’s Lauren Cook takes a closer look at the results of Ireland’s RESS, identifying who the big winners are and what types of projects were successful.

UK energy trade bodies – including the Solar Trade Association and Regen – are calling on the Treasury to implement tax relief for clean energy technologies.

Ritchie Bland Energy Limited and Harmony Energy have set their sights on a new 49.5MW solar site in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire.

The UK’s largest council-owned battery storage site, the 30MW Fideoak Mill site, is now fully operational.

Thermal energy storage firm Sunamp has raised £4.5 million in Series A funding to help support its international expansion.

Norwegian state-owned power giant Statkraft has scooped up the largest contract in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), with two solar farms totaling 276MWp coming out successful alongside 57MW of onshore wind.

The Riding Sunbeams project has won a further £2.5 million of funding to develop solar power for railways.

Scottish Water has continued its push to decarbonise its operations, with the completion of a new solar PV system.

Anesco has sold on its subsidy-free Clayhill solar farm to GRIDSERVE in a “major step” towards becoming a service provider over asset owner.

Solar has superseded expectations as it scoops up 796MW in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction.