FIMER is launching high-power inverter and high-capacity storage platforms for the residential market with an aim of helping installers make the most of increasing demand.
Ex-Good Energy CEO Juliet Davenport has joined energy storage business Gravitricity as an advisor to the board as it moves into its next phase of growth.
A major framework agreement has been signed between GE Renewable Energy and Conrad Energy for the design, manufacture and supply of GE’s battery energy storage system in the UK.
Pacific Green Energy Storage is to acquire a 249MW battery energy storage development in Kent.
Two coal power stations in the east midlands – Cottam and West Burton – are now to be home to solar PV with a combined capacity of over 1GW.
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired the 350MW Cleve Hill solar-plus-storage site in Kent, UK, with this expected to be the largest single site PV install in the UK once completed.
The UK’s first solar-power Park and Ride has opened in Leeds according to West Yorkshire Combined Authority, with a capacity of 1.136MWp.
Thermal energy storage firm Sunamp has received a £6 million convertible loan note investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Pacific Green Technologies is to finance the construction of its 99.8MW battery energy storage system with £23 million of debt financing.
All signs point to growing solar installations this year, with up to 191GW expected to be deployed, but reaching that figure won’t be without its challenges as procurement remains subject to shipping constraints and higher costs, the September 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast hears.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has acquired a 57MW construction-ready energy storage project in Leicester.
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has seen the EBITDA generated by its portfolio soar to £22.4 million in the first half of this year, jumping from £4.5 million in H1 2020.
NextEnergy Solar Fund has signed a £100 million Joint Venture Partnership (JVP) with battery storage specialist Eelpower.
Rebounding power prices have driven Foresight Solar Fund’s results in the first half of 2021, with its net asset value jumping to £596.4 million.
In the second part of a two-part feature for Solar Power Portal, Q CELLS' Ian Clover discusses the diversification of the solar industry into other areas of clean energy as solar PV continues to evolve and the challenges it may still face.
Anesco's new 50MW battery storage site has been given the green light by Brentwood Borough Council, with the project to be another example of how batteries are benefiting the grid and offering returns for investors, the company has said.