New start-up energy supplier launches solar-powered, Uber-inspired domestic energy offering
A new start-up energy supplier is aiming to become the ‘Uber of electricity’ by turning homes into personal power stations.
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BEIS eyeing relaxed planning conditions for co-located storage sites
The government is seeking to remove a significant hurdle for utility-scale co-located storage sites, enabling projects with combined capacities in excess of 50MW to proceed without requiring government consent.
Shell partners Anesco for UK battery storage
Anesco and Shell’s New Energies division are to partner on a utility-scale battery storage project in Norfolk.
Solar and storage possess ‘mutually beneficial interaction’ in Capacity Market, National Grid says
Solar and storage technologies would possess a “mutually beneficial interaction” in the Capacity Market (CM) should renewables be introduced into the mechanism, National Grid has said.
Ireland’s solar-plus-storage VPP trial to get underway with January installs
The first domestic battery storage installations under the StoreNet project are to complete before the end of this month in what’s a first of its kind for Ireland.
Solar stories of 2018, part four: Claire Perry’s U-turn and subsequent U-U-turn
We conclude our recap of the most significant stories of 2018 for UK solar, remembering what happened throughout October, November and December. Energy minister Claire Perry, predictably, features heavily.
Solar stories of 2018, part three: BEIS bombshells, M&A and financial pressures
We continue our recap of the most significant stories of the year, today looking back at July, August and September when BEIS dropped another policy bombshell and M&A activity in the solar sphere.
Solar stories of 2018, part two: Solar generation records fall and megawatt-scale carports rise
We continue our recap of the most significant stories of the year, today looking back at April, May and June when multi-megawatt solar carports were all the rage and PV generation records tumbled.
Solar stories of 2018, part one: Nissan enters the home solar market as business rates loom large
Over the course of this week Solar Power Portal will look back at some of the biggest news stories of 2018, starting with today’s re-cap of the first three months of the year.
Northumbrian Water to pilot battery storage under Argonaut Power deal
Water utility Northumbrian Water is to pilot the use of battery storage units at a number of its sites under a new partnership with developer Argonaut Power.
Ofgem update clarifies deemed export tariff and storage confusion
An updated technical guide to co-locating renewables and battery storage has clarified previously conflicting guidance on the matter, removing barriers and potentially unlocking the “tremendous potential” of solar homes.
Expanded Little Crow Solar Farm edges closer to DCO as second consultation phase kicks off
Plans for Little Crow Solar Farm, the second PV project seeking a Development Consent Order, have edged closer this week on the back of developer INRG revising upwards the site’s planned capacity.
NESF turns to Limejump for 120MW PPA deal
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has tasked energy aggregator Limejump to trade 120MW of its solar generation through a new power purchase agreement (PPA).
EDF Energy targets solar homes with discounted battery offer
EDF Energy is to target the UK’s solar households with a discounted offer of battery units from Powervault in exchange for them signing up to a ten year contract allowing the supplier to use the storage capacity in the energy services market.
Solar to be hardest hit by Ofgem plans for fixed residual charges, Embedded Benefits axe
Solar will face the “greatest potential impact” from new proposals by Ofgem to apply fixed residual charges to all final demand users and end the Embedded Benefits for smaller generators under its Targeted Charging Review (TCR).
Arsenal FC’s new battery to trade solar on the wholesale market
Arsenal’s Emirates stadium is now home to a behind the meter battery that will today begin trading solar power on the wholesale market following its unveiling yesterday.
£450 million Cleve Hill solar farm submits DCO application with reduced scale
Hive Energy and Wirsol have submitted their application to develop their planned nationally significant solar farm, Cleve Hill, albeit on a slightly reduced scale to that originally proposed.
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In defence of Clayhill
Sarah Hitchcox, development and policy director at Anesco, sets the record straight over the developer’s famed Clayhill project – the UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm – and discusses the company’s vision for the future.
Welsh government approves near 50MW solar and storage park
A near 50MW solar farm with battery storage has been given the go ahead by Wales’ Planning Inspectorate to allow a group of land owners to develop the project on the site of a former steelworks.
Battery storage developers facing uncertainty as Capacity Market placed in ‘standstill’
Battery storage developers in the UK are facing uncertainty over their prospective revenue stacks as the Capacity Market was placed in an indefinite “standstill period”.
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Public to private: Does the latest subsidy-free solar farm offer a bridge to future deployment?
West Sussex County Council recently followed up Anesco's completion of the UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm in September last year with its own, deploying 7.4MW alongside a battery to make the project viable. While some have argued the project offers little in discussions of the future solar landscape in the UK, local authority projects are being completed now and could bridge the gap in deployment until private investors get moving.
Gresham House raises £100 million for energy storage fund to enter stock exchange
Gresham House has raised £100 million to drive its energy storage fund onto the London Stock Exchange, half the amount planned last month but enough to progress plans to acquire a 70MW seed portfolio.
Amazon’s latest project approved for 3.6MW solar array with Tesla battery
Amazon has received planning approval for its latest solar and storage project, which will see a ~3.6MW array installed on the roof of Coalville site in Leicestershire alongside a battery storage system.
Meeting the UK’s climate change targets would need 50GW of solar finds latest report
50GW of solar would be needed by 2050 if the government is to meet its climate change targets, helping to meet all of summer demand within a zero emission energy system, according to a new report.
Arlington Energy targets 1GW energy storage and gas peaker portfolio with £200 million investment
Arlington Energy has announced plans to build out a 1GW portfolio of energy storage and gas peaker projects across the UK after securing initial funding of £200 million from an offshore fund of institutional investment.
Sunamp signs ‘milestone’ MoU with Trina Solar to combine thermal storage with heat pumps
Sunamp has signed an agreement with Chinese solar giant Trina Solar to develop an integrated solution combining its thermal storage batteries with heat pumps to be manufactured at a new factory in Changzhou.
UK’s second subsidy-free solar farm completed by West Sussex Council using battery storage
The UK’s second subsidy-free solar farm, and the first by a local authority using battery storage, has been completed by West Sussex County Council in a project that ticked “every box” and will generate significant income over the next 25 years.
MCS and RECC flash their teeth as proactive investigations, mis-selling crackdowns begin
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is preparing a proactive investigation of around 300 solar installations as the watchdog doubles down on enforcement issues.
Solar & Storage Today digital versions now available for free download
Solar Power Portal has today published digital versions of all three copies of last week’s Solar & Storage Today daily newspapers.
Solar Power Portal & Energy Storage News Awards 2018 winners gallery
All the photos from this week's Solar Power Portal and Energy Storage News Awards, as the evening's winners collect their awards.