renewables

Energy storage systems look set to win out over other flexibility providers, as solar and wind generation continues to soar.

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has seen the sharpest cost decline of any electricity technology over the last decade.

The Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has set out a number of recommendations for the government, including reiterating its call for storage to form a part of the electricity licence framework.

Cleve Hill Solar Park, set to be the largest in the UK, has been granted development consent by the energy secretary.

Statkraft has signed a hybrid power purchase and optimisation agreement with Warrington Renewables (York) Limited.

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.

Leicestershire County Council has set its sights on a new solar farm and carbon neutral site, in a new £14 million green project.

Despite proving more resilient than fossil fuels, investment in renewables looks set to be heavily hit by COVID-19 as investment in the energy sector plunges to lowest level in history.

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.

Residential solar installations will take longer to rebound from the COVID-19 slowdown than most renewables, making it unlikely solar PV will surpass 2019 levels over the next year.