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Aceleron gains £2m investment to expand reusable battery solutions

July 28, 2020
UK battery storage developer Aceleron has received a £2 million equity investment to help further expand its operations.
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UK comes in second in new European PPA Index

July 28, 2020
New analysis has found that the UK has the second highest proportion of projects with PPA offers out of fourteen European countries.
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‘Not unreasonable’ to expect Gresham House to target larger capacities as it continues to scale

July 28, 2020
Gresham House has been exploring the possibility of introducing debt finance into the company for a “considerable period of time”, with the flexibility benefits pushing it towards a private offer.
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EDF Renewables’ first UK ground-mount solar site takes step forwards

July 27, 2020
EDF Renewables is set to develop a new 49.9MW solar farm next to the Sutton Bridge Power Station, in Lincolnshire.
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National Grid projects ‘significantly higher’ levels of solar as it upgrades FES to include net zero

July 27, 2020
National Grid ESO’s projections for solar have increased as it expects there to be “significantly higher levels of solar generation” than it predicted in its 2019 Future Energy Scenarios (FES).
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Domestic solar PV installs jump 185% in June

July 24, 2020
Domestic solar PV installations more than doubled in June, jumping 185% on average compared to May.
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Bouygues Energies & Services begins construction on UK’s largest subsidy-free site

July 23, 2020
Bouygues Energies & Services will build the largest subsidy-free solar farm in the UK for NextEnergy.
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Blackfinch Energy signs EPC contract for first subsidy-free development

July 23, 2020
Blackfinch Energy has awarded Grupotec an EPC contract for its first subsidy-free development, the Llwyndyrus solar farm.
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Exclusive: Octopus Renewables and Lightsource BP call time on O&M contracts

July 22, 2020
Octopus has pulled the plug on its operations and maintenance contracts with Lightsource BP ahead of time, Solar Power Portal can reveal.
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10MW solar farm to be managed by new community energy group

July 22, 2020
A 10MW solar farm in Shropshire is to be managed by a new community energy group, it has been announced this week.

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