The latest polling from the Public Attitudes Tracker showed that 88% of people support the use a renewable energy in the UK, including solar, beating last year’s previous high of 84%, whilst only 2% of the public oppose it.
With the payback time of rooftop solar panels now just six year, households could benefit from 19 years of “essentially free” electricity during the remainder of their lifespan, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
Econergy Renewable Energy has secured its first engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for its 50MW/102MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for a UK project at Swangate, in Yorkshire, Northern England.
The renewables developer, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), has submitted plans for the approval of a 49.9MW solar farm in Longhedge, between the villages of Thoroton and Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire.
London Southend Airport has confirmed that 25% of the total energy consumed across its site between 2021 and 2022, came from on-site solar, including a 9,500-panel solar farm.
Cornwall Insight and national law firm Weightmans have published a new report on the co-location of energy assets, which outlines the “significant cost savings” of having multiple renewable generation or storage assets share one grid connection.
Technology group Wärtsilä Energy has signed an additional contract with EDF Renewables UK for a 50MW/100MWh lithium-ion energy storage facility in Sundon, Bedfordshire.
JBM Solar has had a planning appeal for a 49.9MW solar farm in Langford, Devon, successfully approved becoming “one of the first” to be greenlit under the Sunak government.
