Solar Media Staff

Voltalia has announced the beginning of construction of its 32MW/32MWh Hallen battery energy storage system.

As UK battery energy storage capacity drives past the 1GW mark, the industry is now plotting its advance towards the next sizeable hurdle. Solar Media Market Research’s Mollie McCorkindale details how the UK’s battery energy storage market can move towards 10GW of operational capacity.

Virgin Money has agreed a new financing partnership with Gresham House Solar Distribution, providing a £18 million revolving credit facility to facilitate the growth of solar assets.

German PV manufacturer SOLARWATT is gearing up for UK growth with the appointment Trevor Treleven as technical support and sales engineer.

Commercial solar PV firm BeBa Energy is celebrating the finished installation of a new rooftop solar array for KLM UK Engineering and Norwich Airport.

Ahead of the company’s 25th anniversary, Solar Power Portal caught up with Solarsense’s Stephen Barrett to discuss how the sector has developed over the last quarter century, and what’s next.

The UK solar industry continued its sustained growth in a zero-subsidy environment, posting 175MWp-dc of new capacity in the 3 months to 31 March 2021 (Q1’21).

RWE Renewables’ first European battery – an 8.5MWh project – has gone live in Dublin, Ireland.

Anesco has submitted a planning application for a 19.657MW Solar Farm in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.

Gresham House has secured a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 4.3MW solar farm through renewable energy procurement platform Zeigo.