Solar sector welcomes five-fold increase eyed in energy security strategy
The British Energy Security Strategy, unveiled today, has detailed an aim of increasing the country’s solar capacity five-fold.
Articles tagged with: Ground Mount Solar
RES submitting planning application for 50MW Kingston Solar Farm
RES has submitting a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm near East Leake in Nottinghamshire.
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Energeo analyses over 25,000 buildings for solar PV suitability in the East Hampshire District
Energeo is developing a rooftop solar PV suitability database for over 25,000 buildings in the East Hampshire District, as part of a portfolio of community renewable energy intelligence support.
Dorset Council gives go ahead for 15MW solar, battery storage and EV charging hub
Dorset Council has granted planning permission for the Blandford Hill Eco Hub development from Naturalis, a development that will include a 15MW solar farm with battery energy storage.
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Innova Energy acquired by Elm Trading, gaining 61.5MW portfolio of ground-mount solar
Solar energy company Innova Energy has been acquired by Elm Trading, taking on its 16 ground-mount assets in Britain.
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Solar Power Portal’s most read ground-mount solar PV stories of 2021: Solar moves beyond 50MW
Solar Power Portal has taken a look back at the top ground-mount solar stories of 2021, to see what the biggest moments and trends for the sector were.
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COP26: Solar Energy UK shines light on surging rooftop solar and co-location interest
Solar Power Portal listened into the sessions, to hear more on how power prices are driving solar growth and how the narrative needs to develop to help it go even further.
EDF Renewables continues flurry of activity with consultation for 50MW Cadenham site
EDF Renewables has continued its flurry of solar activity, with the consultation for a 50MW solar farm in East Cambridgeshire getting underway.
UK’s largest community-owned solar park Ray Valley Solar is fully funded
The UK’s largest community-owned solar park has confirmed that it's fully funded, thanks in part to a loan from Triodos Bank UK.
Work begins at Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park ahead of solar installation
Work has started on a new solar farm on the site of a former landfill that is to form part of the Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park.
Octopus Renewables and Zestec set their sights on £100m solar portfolio in new partnership
Octopus Renewables has announced a new partnership with Zestec Asset Management to deliver more than £100 million of new build UK solar assets.
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UK solar farm pipeline at 17GW capacity, 58 sites under review for 2021 construction
Solar Media's head of research Finlay Colville takes a look at the UK's solar farm pipeline, and what we can expect to come online in the next year.
Virgin Money agrees multi-million pound financing deal with Gresham House
Virgin Money has agreed a new financing partnership with Gresham House Solar Distribution, providing a £18 million revolving credit facility to facilitate the growth of solar assets.
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UK installs 175MW solar PV capacity in Q1’21, subsidy-free capacity installed now exceeds 1GW
The UK solar industry continued its sustained growth in a zero-subsidy environment, posting 175MWp-dc of new capacity in the 3 months to 31 March 2021 (Q1’21).
Anesco eyes 20MW solar farm in Derbyshire
Anesco has submitted a planning application for a 19.657MW Solar Farm in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.
Scottish Water unveils ‘most ambitious’ solar scheme yet with 4GWh project
Scottish Water has announed its “most ambitious solar energy scheme to date”, with an installation planned for its Balmore Water Treatment Works in Torrance, East Dunbartonshire that is expected to generate 4GWh per year.
Downing acquires 96MWp UK solar PV Seed Assets portfolio
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has acquired a 96MWp portfolio of UK solar PV assets for £42 million.
EDF Renewables receives planning consent for first large-scale UK solar development
EDF Renewables has received planning consent for its 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm, the company’s first large-scale solar development in the UK.
NextEnergy acquires 100MWp from Lightsource BP in £64.3m deal
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired 100MWp of UK solar in a c.£64.3 million deal with Lightsource BP.
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545MW solar PV capacity added in UK during 2020 despite COVID, lack of subsidies
The UK solar industry installed 545MWp (DC) of new solar PV capacity during 2020, the first full calendar year when no government subsidies were on offer.
Keele University ‘trailblazes change’ with ENGIE solar, wind and battery deal
Keele University has signed a 25-year agreement with ENGIE that will see 15,000 solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage installed to support the institution's carbon neutral pledge.
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Understanding UK utility-scale solar in 2021 and beyond
Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media Market Research, assesses how the UK’s utility-scale solar pipeline has developed this year as the industry prepares for a bumper build-out period in 2021.
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.
EDF continues solar push with another 50MW site announced
EDF Renewables has announced another 49.9MW solar farm, as it continues its UK solar push.
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Elgin Energy to develop 38MW solar farm in Kettering
Elgin Energy is to develop a 38MW solar farm on the site of a former Second World War airfield in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
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Over 1GW of new solar farms added to UK pipeline during September
Solar Media's Finlay Colville tracks the 'frantic pace' with which developers and planners of solar sites continue to operate.
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High RESS strike prices down to connection costs and PPA length
High grid connection costs resulted in a solar strike price in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction “significantly higher than anywhere else in Europe” according to the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA).
EDF Renewables’ first UK ground-mount solar site takes step forwards
EDF Renewables is set to develop a new 49.9MW solar farm next to the Sutton Bridge Power Station, in Lincolnshire.
ESB bolsters position in Irish solar market with Harmony Solar partnership
Irish utility ESB has signed a multi-million euro partnership with Wexford-based solar company Harmony Solar.
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.