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‘Truly unique’ residential VPP system combining solar and battery storage launched

November 23, 2020
A virtual power plant (VPP) combining solar and battery storage has been launched by AceOn in a bid to maximise renewable usage.
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Riding Sunbeams to finance railway connected 3.75MW community solar farm with £2.5m grant

November 23, 2020
The 3.75MW Cuckmere Community Solar Farm is to directly power the Eastbourne-London mainline railway in a world-first project.
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Low Carbon to develop UK’s largest community solar farm

November 23, 2020
Low Carbon Ltd has agreed a deal with social enterprise Low Carbon Hub for the rights to a 19MW solar farm with battery storage potential.
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NESF to move ahead with 150MW subsidy-free portfolio despite ‘challenging power price environment’

November 23, 2020
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has outlined how it is continuing to pursue a 150MW subsidy-free portfolio as it reports high levels of generation.
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Bluefield celebrates ‘significantly oversubscribed’ share placing

November 20, 2020
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has successfully raised £45 million through a share placing it said was significantly oversubscribed.
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ReneSola Power signs JV with Innova to develop 50MW+ pipeline of utility scale solar

November 20, 2020
International solar developer ReneSola Power has signed a joint venture (JV) with Innova to develop a pipeline of utility scale solar in the UK.
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Swindon hails flagship 30MW battery storage project

November 19, 2020
Independent battery energy storage system (BESS) asset manager Still Waters Green Technology (SWGT) has acquired Swindon Borough Council’s 30MW Mannington project.
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City of London Corporation signs first of its kind £40m PPA for Dorset solar site

November 18, 2020
The City of London has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Voltalia for a 49MW solar farm in Dorset, in what it claims is a first of its kind deal in the UK.
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Solar and storage ‘unsupported’ by Johnson’s Green Industrial Revolution plan

November 18, 2020
Solar and storage technologies were conspicuously absent from Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.
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Gore Street looks to expand Republic of Ireland battery storage portfolio capacity up to 180MW

November 17, 2020
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has applied to triple its capacity in the Republic of Ireland, up to a total of 180MW.

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