Low Carbon to develop UK’s largest community solar farm
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.
Articles tagged with: Subsidy Free
NESF to move ahead with 150MW subsidy-free portfolio despite ‘challenging power price environment’
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has outlined how it is continuing to pursue a 150MW subsidy-free portfolio as it reports high levels of generation.
Harmony Energy to make UK solar debut with maiden 30MW array in Yorkshire
Renewables developer Harmony Energy has secured planning permission from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for its first solar site in the UK.
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Foresight signs joint venture with Island Green Power for 700MW pipeline
Foresight Group has formed a joint venture (JV) with UK solar developer Island Green Power to develop a pipeline of nearly 700MW of greenfield solar projects.
Q&A: Bluefield Development’s Jonathan Selwyn discusses routes to market for solar
Solar Power Portal sat down with Bluefield Development managing director Jonathan Selwyn to discuss his first priorities at the company, the routes to market open to solar and the impact of COVID-19.
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Hive Energy begins construction on ‘milestone’ 13MW subsidy-free solar park
Hive Energy has begun construction on a 13MW subsidy-free solar park in Rugby, Warwickshire.
PPAs help Bluefield Solar’s earnings to remain strong despite challenging 2020
Thanks to fixed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and strong irradiation throughout the last year, Bluefield Solar Income Fund’s underlying earnings continued to grow to record levels.
JBM to build subsidy-free 50MW solar-plus-storage site
JBM Solar Projects is to build a new 50MW solar farm with battery storage at a site near Swindon.
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Subsidy-free Aura Power solar farm takes step forward
A subsidy-free solar farm with a rated capacity of up to 49.9MWp is moving forwards in north Devon.
Bouygues Energies & Services begins construction on UK’s largest subsidy-free site
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
Blackfinch Energy has awarded Grupotec an EPC contract for its first subsidy-free development, the Llwyndyrus solar farm.
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Solar’s ‘bright space’: Falling prices help solar weather the impact of COVID-19
Despite concern about the impact of COVID-19 on investment in the solar sector, low technology prices have helped ensure the sector is optimistic.
Bluefield broadens scope in bid to target ‘attractive opportunities’ of storage and other renewables
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is looking to diversify its portfolio, branching out into storage and other renewable technologies.
‘An exception, not the rule’: The significance of the UK’s biggest solar park’s approval
Following the approval of Cleve Hill Solar Park, Solar Power Portal takes a look at what the next steps are for the project, any technology concerns and whether this will be the first of many Nationally Significant solar infrastructure projects.
Community energy to focus more on full system changes following COVID-19
Solar Power Portal caught up with Emma Bridge, CEO of Community Energy England, to talk about how COVID-19 has impacted the sector, how groups have rallied to protect those in their communities and what we can expect as the UK looks towards lifting lockdown.
NextEnergy secures ‘first-of-its-kind’ £100m debt financing for subsidy-free sites
NextEnergy Capital has secured what it is lauding as a “first-of-its-kind” debt financing to construct two subsidy-free solar sites as it unveils a new subsidy-free private fund.
Q&A: Solarcentury’s Chris Banks on how the UK solar market is changing
Solar Power Portal caught up with Chris Banks, UK business development manager at Solarcentury, about its new 62MW Welsh site, why now was the right time to return to the UK market and the rise of subsidy-free developments.
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Understanding the UK’s 8.5GW of completed large-scale solar farms
In the first of a series of articles to be published on Solar Power Portal, Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, explores the make-up of the UK’s 8.5GW of large-scale solar farms currently in operation.
Anesco energises 12MW subsidy-free Bumpers solar farm
Anesco has powered up a 12MW solar farm in Buckinghamshire following completion of the site.
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Q&A: STA’s Chris Hewett on how the industry has fared one year since the FiT
Now as we approach one year on, Solar Power Portal had a chat with Solar Trade Association CEO Chris Hewett about how the industry has fared in the post FiT world.
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Ireland gets closer to starting large-scale solar ambitions
Lauren Cook, analyst at Solar Media Market Research, uncovers the opportunity at hand as Ireland’s long-awaited Renewable Electricity Support Scheme opens for applications.
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Q&A: Community Energy England’s Emma Bridge on COVID-19 delays and enabling subsidy-free
Solar Power Portal caught up with Emma Bridge to talk about how the market has changed since the end of the FiT, the delays projects are facing due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and whether subsidy-free is a reality for community solar.
AMP’s Mark Tarry on how the solar market is about to go ‘bang’
AMP's MD Mark Tarry talked to Solar Power Portal about the company's solar developments and the growing subsidy free sector.
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Foresight’s portfolio outperforms budget as company focuses on asset optimisation
Despite challenges to net asset value (NAV), Foresight Solar Fund’s portfolio continued to outperform budget as the company turned its focus to asset optimisation.
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UK utility-scale project developers return to market as pipeline grows to 7GW
During the first two months of 2020, an additional 675MW of ground-mount large-scale solar farms has been added to the pipeline, taking the cumulative pipeline now to 7GW across a total of 345 sites.
Solar Power Portal launches subsidy-free solar campaign as UK market readies for a rebound
Solar Power Portal has today launched a new content campaign to shine a light on the growing case for unsubsidised, utility-scale solar in the UK.
Bluefield eyes ‘exciting’ new investments as PPA strategy side-steps tumbling power prices
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) said it continues to eye up “exciting” new investments after a year in which its power purchase agreement strategy helped it side-step tumbling power prices.
Solarcentury plans first UK solar development since 2016
Solarcentury has announced its first UK solar farm development in four years, with 62MW planned for Welsh site.
CORE and YCE celebrate first subsidy-free solar farm completion
Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE) and Yealm Community Energy's (YCE) first ground-mounted 7.3MW solar PV farm has been successfully connected to the grid.
Solar Power Portal launches Utility Solar Summit event, new subsidy-free solar campaign
Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce the launch of the inaugural Utility Solar Summit, charting the UK’s return to gigawatt-scale solar deployment.