Solar Media Staff

New debt financing of £275 million with a 13-year tenor is being provided by Macquarie for the refinancing of a UK solar portfolio totaling 365MW.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has seen its underlying earnings rise to £21.4 million as high power prices, investments into battery storage – with two-hour durations a possibility – and lower than expected irradiation all shaping H2 2021.

Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has emphasised the benefits of two-hour duration batteries, as it reports its net asset value (NAV).

A 10.8MW battery-based energy storage system (BESS) supplied by Fluence for the Killala Community Wind Farm has entered the commissioning phase.

The Mallard Pass solar farm under development between Windel Energy and Canadian Solar is continuing to progress through the planning process despite continued opposition.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the UK’s impressive solar growth in the past year, following 730MW of solar PV being installed.

Aberla Energy has announced a new partnership with Barrow-in-Furness Council, to provide solar PV across social housing and commercial premises.

Following Octopus Energy increasing its SEG rate due to high power prices, Solar Power Portal took a look at the rates on offer from suppliers following the launch of the SEG two years ago.

Trina Storage has completed the supply of its first UK battery energy storage system (BESS), the 50MW/56.2MWh fully integrated grid-scale battery energy storage system owned by SMS plc.

Following last year’s acquisition, Green Frog Power has rebranded as Pulse Clean Energy and unveiled a target of 1GW+ of energy storage assets in the UK.