John Lubbock

Community Energy Together (CET), a new collaboration between five community energy groups in England and Wales, has launched share offers to fund the transfer of seven operational solar farms into community ownership.

The UK government has published solar PV deployment statistics which show a total of 15.2GW of solar capacity, an increase of 6.7% in the year since June 2022.

Octopus Energy has announced the launch of a new smart tariff aimed at consumers with domestic solar and battery storage.

A Parliamentary debate held in Westminster Hall yesterday (19 July) highlighted concerns from Conservative MPs over the deployment of solar.

Renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. has announced updates to its Bracks, Clump and Hill Solar Farm projects.

Qcells and RenEnergy are helping to turn 4,000 m2 of disused space at Cranfield University into an energy saving hub with funding from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

UK energy storage developer Field, has secured a £100 million (US$128 million) fundraising round for expansion according to Sky News.  

Four batteries totaling 100MWh have been activated by Pulse Clean Energy and Habitat Energy as part of a diesel-to-battery conversion programme in the UK.

New data from NTT DATA, based on UK government statistics, suggests that 73% of all solar deployment in 2022 was domestic.

Scotland’s interest-free solar home loans scheme has been ended abruptly, according to Solar Energy UK.