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GridBeyond’s platform will provide energy price forecasting to enable strategic charging and discharging, and its AI capabilities will optimise the performance of ABB’s BESS-as-a-Service assets. Image: Triodos.

ABB progresses GridBeyond partnership to offer BESS-as-a-Service

May 23, 2025
GridBeyond and electrification technology company ABB have ‘deepened’ their strategic partnership to deliver ABB’s BESS-as-a-Service offering.
The site will cover 10.4 hectares of low grade (Grade 3) agricultural land and comprise containerised battery storage units and associated infrastructure. Image: Innova.

Planning approval for Innova’s 900MW energy storage system in Leicestershire

May 23, 2025
Blaby District Council has granted planning permission for Innova to construct a 908MW energy storage system (ESS) in Enderby, Leicestershire.
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EU PVSEC 2025 opens registration, relaunches PV academy

May 23, 2025
The 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) is gaining momentum, with the full conference programme now available online.
The 2025 Renewables Procurement & Revenue Summit.

Personal connections and sophisticated financial mechanisms behind UK’s largest solar-plus-storage project

May 22, 2025
Strong relationships and the combination of a CfD and a PPA were key driving factors behind the successful financing of the Cleve Hill project.
The government is consulting on introducing the legal mandate as part of its Plan For Change. Image: EDF Renewables.

Community benefit funds could be made legal obligation for developers

May 22, 2025
The UK government is consulting on whether to make community benefits a legal obligation for renewable energy developers.
A visualization of a BESS site

ILI Group bags planning consent for 3.5-hour duration BESS in Scotland

May 22, 2025
ILI Group has secured Section 36 planning consent for a 100MW/350MWh 3.5-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland.
Dinorwig was built at a former slate quarry, and opened in 1984. Image: Flickr user Denis Egan

ENGIE joint venture preps 10-year refurbishment works at UK pumped hydro storage plant

May 21, 2025
First Hydro Company (FHC), a joint venture (JV) 75%-owned by ENGIE, is preparing major refurbishments at the 1,728MW Dinorwig pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility.
Between 2010 and 2015, when UK solar was at its peak, the average time for a project to get approval was around 29 weeks. Image: Baywa.re.

UK solar applications spike ahead of CP30 but planning process remains slow

May 21, 2025
Solar Media Market Research analyst Josh Cornes tracks the time solar PV developments spend in the planning system, as delays and refusals slow the rate of buildout.
The Coylton battery energy storage system (BESS) project will comprise 18 battery units and cover 2.67 hectares of land south of Coylton electricity substation. Image: Balance Power.

Balance Power’s 29.9MW Scottish battery energy storage system greenlit

May 20, 2025
Independent developer Balance Power has scored planning permission for a 29.9MW battery storage project in Coylton, East Ayrshire.
Image of batteries at Oldham. Credit: Field

Field nets £42 million loan for UK BESS build-out

May 19, 2025
British battery energy storage system (BESS) firm Field has secured new financing to continue building out its UK project pipeline.

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