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Harmony Energy is setting its sights on rapidly expanding its portfolio of projects in the UK, thanks to an investment from Ritchie Bland Energy (RBE).

South Somerset District Council (SSDC) is to build a second Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS), announcing a 40MW facility that will be located near Fareham in Hampshire.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has continued its acquisition spree, buying two new development rights for 50MW projects from Arenko.

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.

Warrington Borough Council is launching a green investment scheme, which will allow local residents to help fund a new solar farm.

Foresight has completed its acquisition of fellow investment company Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP).

The Riding Sunbeams project has won a further £2.5 million of funding to develop solar power for railways.

UK battery storage developer Aceleron has received a £2 million equity investment to help further expand its operations.

Octopus Renewables has acquired a 9.1MW portfolio of operational residential UK rooftop solar assets.

Foresight has acquired fellow investment company Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP), in a move that broadens the group’s infrastructure platform.