UK-based solar developer Boom Power has received planning permission for a 49.9MWac solar project on approximately 94 hectares of land in Kenley near Hull, East Yorkshire.
Global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company, Black & Veatch, has been given a lead role in supporting the development of a 2GW solar and battery storage programme by UK developer Amberside Energy.
North East Lincolnshire Council has approved Aura Power’s 49.4MW solar farm in Grimsby, making this the Bristol-based developer’s second solar approval this November.
In a bid to boost the long-duration energy storage market in the UK, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided over £32 million to five winners of the Longer Duration Energy Storage (LODES) competition.
The Scottish Government promised that a “much bigger, renewed focus” will be given to solar power in the upcoming Energy Strategy draft during a debate on renewable energy last week (25 November).
Farmers without solar panels could miss out on up to £1 billion over the next two years, according to new research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
SSE Energy Solutions has announced the end of phase one of its country-wide decarbonisation initiative in partnership with Monmouthshire County Council.
The Electricity Generator Levy is set to have a small impact on Foresight Solar Fund’s portfolio, and no impact on its UK battery portfolio whatsoever.