Domestic solar installations ‘snowball’ through lockdown
Cornwall based installer Naked Solar talked to Solar Power Portal about operating through the COVID-19 lockdown, and the impact it has had on domestic solar installations.
Solar Markets & Finance
Vortex sells controlling stake in 365MW portfolio in c.£500m transaction
Vortex Energy has completed the sale of its controlling and managing stake in its 365MW portfolio, originally purchased from ex-SunEdison yieldco TerraForm Power.
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New solar developer Climate ER secures £250m funding for 500MW pipeline
New UK focused solar developer Climate ER has secured funding for £250 million worth of utility scale projects.
Despite COVID-19 uncertainty opportunities remain for investment, says ORIT in full interim results
Despite the uncertainty created by COVID-19, Octopus Renewable Infrastructure Trust’s (ORIT) dividend remains on track as the company releases its full interim results.
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Foresight Solar Fund sees overperformance of 15.9% but low power prices mar NAV
Despite challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Foresight Solar Fund has seen its UK portfolio perform 15.9% above base case.
UK solar farm pipeline exceeds 10GW as 700MW of sites now being added monthly
Solar Media's head of market intelligence Finlay Colville discusses the key features of the UK's solar planning deluge, showing graphics that explain the trends underway, and exploring the new focus on 49.9MWp-dc sites that will be based on 500W-plus mono bifacial panels, mounted on single-axis tracking systems.
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund sees NAV per share fall due to COVID
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has seen its Net Asset Value (NAV) per share fall 2.6p as a result of COVID-19 over the first half of 2020.
An evolving mandate: Bluefield Partner’s James Armstrong discusses its move beyond solar
Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield Partners, the investment adviser of Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about company broadening its scope, which technologies it will focus on and the impact Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions could have.
LCOE costs of solar PV continue to plummet in BEIS forecasts
New statistics published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) show another significant drop in the expected costs of solar out to 2040, with figures for the expected costs of storage technologies also released.
Bluefield makes £107 million acquisition of 64.2MWp portfolio
Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has completed the acquisition of a 64.2MWp UK solar portfolio.
Warrington Borough Council launches green investment scheme for solar farm
Warrington Borough Council is launching a green investment scheme, which will allow local residents to help fund a new solar farm.
‘Breadth and depth’ added to Foresight as it completes PiP acquisition
Foresight has completed its acquisition of fellow investment company Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP).
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).
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Ireland’s 800MW of subsidised solar sites controlled by just 20 project developers
Solar Media's Lauren Cook takes a closer look at the results of Ireland's RESS, identifying who the big winners are and what types of projects were successful.
Statkraft comes out on top in RESS with 276MWp as other winners unveiled
Norwegian state-owned power giant Statkraft has scooped up the largest contract in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), with two solar farms totaling 276MWp coming out successful alongside 57MW of onshore wind.
Solar smashes expectations as it takes home whopping 796MW in RESS auction
Solar has superseded expectations as it scoops up 796MW in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction.