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Cero, Enso Energy achieve financial close on 49.5MW/99MWh battery storage system

May 30, 2023
Developer Cero Generation and its UK development partner Enso Energy have achieved financial close of a 49.5MW/99MWh battery storage system.
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Solar Taskforce meets for the first time

May 26, 2023
The UK solar sector has received a major boost with the UK Government announcing the first meeting of the new Solar Taskforce.
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Oxford PV sets ‘new world record’ for commercial-sized solar cell efficiency

May 25, 2023
Solar cell developer Oxford PV has set a ‘new world record’ for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell, it said.
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Cleve Hill Solar Park: A flagship for UK large-scale solar projects

May 24, 2023
When people in the industry discuss large-scale solar projects in the UK several names come to mind, but perhaps the most influential of all is Cleve Hill Solar Park.
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Harmony Energy’s Pillswood BESS ‘one of GB’s best performing’ in Q1 2023

May 23, 2023
Harmony Energy Income Trust has said its 98MW/196MWh Pillswood battery energy storage system (BESS) was one of “GB’s best performing BESS projects” in Q1 of 2023.
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SSE Renewables to convert Britain’s ‘largest hydro power plant’ to pumped hydro

May 23, 2023
SSE Renewables has unveiled plans to convert Britain’s “largest conventional hydro power plant” into a new pumped hydro storage facility.
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SEAI survey finds ‘high levels of support’ for solar PV in Ireland

May 22, 2023
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has found “high levels of support” for renewable energy such as wind and solar as part of a new survey.
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Council vote ‘in favour’ of Banks Renewables’ 49MW Common Solar Farm

May 22, 2023
A 49MW solar farm in South Yorkshire is one step closer to development with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council voting in favour of the project.
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Sungrow to supply liquid cooled ESS for 150MW SSE project

May 18, 2023
Sungrow has signed a contract with SSE Solar and Battery to implement its liquid cooled energy storage system (ESS) into a 150MW project in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire.
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Sungrow to supply liquid cooled ESS for 150MW SSE project

May 18, 2023
Sungrow has signed a contract with SSE Solar and Battery to implement its liquid cooled energy storage system (ESS) into a 150MW project in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire.

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