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The pumped hydro facility will be located at Loch Awe, which is also home to Kilchurn Castle. Image: Simaron/Flickr.

ILI Group lodges planning application for 1.5GW pumped hydro energy storage project in Scotland

July 11, 2024
ILI Group has revealed it has lodged a planning application with the Scottish government for a 1.5GW pumped hydro energy storage project.
MSP (Multi Source Power) Technologies provided a 3MWh BESS for one of Glastonbury’s most well-known stages, Arcadia. Image: MSP Technologies.

Battery energy storage helps power Glastonbury

July 11, 2024
Battery energy storage helped power numerous parts of Glastonbury, the world’s largest music and arts festival, including the Arcadia stage.
Aerial image of scurf-dyke solar farm in Yorkshire

Statkraft signs PPA with FP Lux for one of UK’s largest solar projects

July 10, 2024
Statkraft’s latest PPA with re:cap global investors ag marks a significant step for one of the UK’s largest solar projects, Scurf Dyke Solar Farm.
An aerial shot of the site of the Cleve Hill Solar Park. Image: Quinbrook.

Cleve Hill successful in appealing BESS refusal by Swale Council

July 10, 2024
The developer of Cleve Hill Solar Park, a 373MW solar farm, has successfully appealed Swale Council’s decision to refuse consent for the co-located 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS).
image of Sunderland AFC's Academy of Light building entrance.

Sunderland AFC unveils 40MW solar farm project

July 9, 2024
Sunderland AFC is proposing a 40MW solar farm, aiming for energy self-sufficiency by 2028 and supporting UK sustainability targets.
Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. Companies like owner Drax say the government support is needed to enable the deployment of more projects like it. Image: Drax.

Drax signs major partnership for Hollow Mountain PHES project

July 9, 2024
Drax has appointed global technology and engineering firm Voith Hydro to move its plans forward for its proposed 600MW underground pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Scotland.
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Starmer appoints Ed Miliband as energy minister for government

July 8, 2024
Ed Miliband has been elected as the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero for the Labour government.
An image of a NextEnergy Capital owned solar farm in the UK. Image: NextEnergy Capital.

Solar Energy UK calls on Labour to release ‘ambitious’ Solar Roadmap and increase CfD budget

July 8, 2024
Solar Energy UK has called on the newly elected Labour government to publish an “ambitious” Solar Roadmap and increase the CfD budget.
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UK surpasses 16GW of installed solar capacity

July 5, 2024
According to new statistics from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the UK surpassed 16GW of solar capacity in May 2024.
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BESS being shipped to first transmission-level solar and storage project

July 4, 2024
BESS units are being shipped to Cero Generation’s Larks Green solar and storage project, the first to be connected at the transmission level, the firm said.

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