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Solar farm sees grid connection date cut by ‘more than a decade’

January 24, 2024
Wokingham Borough Council’s Barkham solar farm has been granted a grid connection “more than a decade earlier”.
An image of the Fox Covert solar farm. Image: Low Carbon.

Low Carbon reaches financial close on 385MW co-located solar portfolio

January 23, 2024
Global renewable energy company Low Carbon has reached financial close on a 385MW portfolio of solar and co-located battery storage projects in the UK.
This is Equinor’s first commercial battery storage asset to begin operation in the UK. Image: Noriker Power.

Equinor’s 25MW/50MWh UK BESS commences operations

January 22, 2024
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor’s 25MW/50MWh Blandford Road battery energy storage system (BESS) has commenced operations.
Schroders Greencoat has £1.1 billion AUM across UK, Europe and the US. Image: Schroders.

Schroders Greencoat launches renewable semi-liquid fund

January 22, 2024
Schroders Greencoat has launched a new semi-liquid energy transition fund to support renewable technologies including solar, battery storage, and more.
Image: Andreas Gucklhorn (Unsplash).

Solar’s involvement in the National Policy Statement for Energy

January 18, 2024
Gareth Phillips, partner, Pinsent Masons, explores what the new suite of National Policy Statements for Energy mean for the UK solar sector.
The Macallan Estate (above) will incorporate solar to decarbonise is distillery process. Image: EDF Renewables UK.

EDF receives green light for solar farm at The Macallan Estate

January 16, 2024
EDF Renewables UK has been given the green light to develop a 4MW solar farm to decarbonise the production of The Macallan’s single malt Scotch whisky.
An image of the Fox Covert solar farm. Image: Low Carbon.

UK government consults on changes to CfD scheme

January 16, 2024
The UK government has outlined several amendments to the contracts for difference (CfD) scheme which could impact solar from AR7.
This new capacity represents a 13% increase on the previous quarter. Image: Aura Power.

Q4 2023 sees largest quarterly increase in battery energy storage

January 15, 2024
Energy research consultancy Modo Energy has confirmed that Q4 2023 saw 420MW of new battery energy storage capacity become commercially operational.
The Normanton Energy Reserve (above) will include a £4 million community fund. Image: Exagen.

Local council gives green light to Exagen for 1,000MWh BESS

January 12, 2024
Renewable energy and storage developer Exagen has been given the greenlight to develop a 500MW/1,000MWh BESS in Leicestershire.
Modo’s research indicates that assets over 1.5 hours in duration earned around £3.3k/MW on average. Image: Statera.

Modo: Battery storage revenues falls by 16% in December

January 11, 2024
According to Modo Energy, average battery energy storage revenue for the balancing mechanism fell by 16% in December 2023 to £2.5k/MW.

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