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The Great Oak Energy Hub is in Sussex and the 400MW BESS site was designed in collaboration with experts at the Knepp Estate. Illustrated map of the Great Oak Energy Hub via Clearstone Energy.

Clearstone Energy secures consent for two BESS projects with total 700MW capacity

April 14, 2025
Developer Clearstone Energy has secured planning consent for two large scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in England.
Matrix currently operates across Europe, the US and Latin America. Image: Matrix's Olivares PV plant in Spain.

Matrix Renewables takes on two energy storage projects in Scotland

April 10, 2025
Spanish renewable energy platform Matrix Renewables has announced its entrance to the UK market with the acquisition of two standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Scotland.
E.ON UK took a 49% stake in the company in December 2020, at which time it was stated Eco2Solar would continue to operate independently. Image: E.ON.

E.ON takes full ownership of Eco2Solar

April 3, 2025
Utility E.ON UK has today announced it will fully acquire Eco2Solar, a residential and commercial solar installer.
A photo of some of the landscape that will house the proposed solar development. Image: Lee Boswell Photography via Green Nation.

Green Nation reduces scale of solar NSIP after community feedback

April 2, 2025
Green Nation has released updated plans for its Whitestone Solar Farm showing a reduction of the area that will be covered by solar PV panels.
The two-hour-duration Smeaton BESS received planning permission in September 2024. Image: Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit.

Kona Energy secures £40 million capacity market contract

April 1, 2025
Developer Kona Energy has secured a circa £40 million capacity market contract for its 228MW/456MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in East Lothian, Scotland.
The 93MWp Gaskinstown solar PV plant (pictured) has been energised. Image: Highfield Solar.

Ireland: Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 2 solar PV developments progress

April 1, 2025
Two solar developments, awarded contracts in Ireland’s second Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) in 2022, have reached new milestones, with one entering construction and another newly operational.
An Invinity flow battery at a Scottish Water site. Image: Invinity Energy Systems.

Invinity’s vanadium flow battery project moves forward

March 31, 2025
Invinity Energy Systems has reached an agreement to develop a 20.7MWh flow battery system, the UK’s largest.
Solar generation increased by 6.5% to 14.8TWh, a new record high in the period recorded by the government. Image: Keele University.

Renewables generated 50.8% of the UK’s electricity in 2024

March 28, 2025
Electricity generated by renewable technologies increased by 6.5% in 2024, accounting for a 50.8% of the UK’s electricity generation.
The large-scale BESS, to be constructed in Bathgate, Scotland, represents a £130 million investment from OnPath and is expected to create approximately 80 jobs during construction. Image: OnPath Energy.

Ministers approve OnPath Energy’s 200MW battery energy storage site in Scotland

March 26, 2025
Scottish ministers have approved a 200MW/400MWh 2-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) to be developed by OnPath Energy.
According to the acquisition announcement, Drax sees the takeover as a “compelling opportunity” to add operating BESS assets to the wider Drax group’s FlexGen portfolio. Image: Harmony Energy Income Trust.

Drax lodges £200 million cash offer for Harmony Energy Income Trust

March 26, 2025
Drax has outbid Foresight Group LLP to acquire the share capital of the publicly-listed Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) for £200 million.

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