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Utilities have a ‘slightly different logic’ on trading BESS than optimisation firms when it comes to composition and internal synergies, Octopus Energy said after a recent deal to manage a large BESS portfolio.

The New Forest National Park Authority planning committee has unanimously refused plans brought forward by Enviromena for a major solar development on a greenfield site in the New Forest National Park.

EY’s latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index has ranked the UK battery energy storage system (BESS) market third globally.

Getting planning permission for new UK solar developments can be a long process, made harder by various rounds of consultation.

GridBeyond has announced that it will provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) to two data centres in Ireland owned by Singapore-listed Keppel DC REIT.

The UK’s growing energy storage fleet can reduce market risk for Contracts for Difference (CfD) projects, a consultant from AFRY said.

Key UK political parties have published their manifestos for the 4 July General Election. To some degree, all of the parties target the climate in their pledges to the UK public.

PV provider Otovo and Elli, a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, have launched a strategic partnership to combine solar energy and electric mobility.

Centrica and the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) have backed Highview Power with a £300 million investment. The funding will enable the liquid air energy storage firm to start building its first large-scale project.

Ørsted, a Danish energy major, has completed investment plans for a battery energy storage system (BESS) to be connected to the onshore converter for the Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm.