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Solar Media’s Mollie McCorkindale takes a look at the surge in battery storage planning applications this year, as the pipeline for utility-scale projects hits 20GW.

MAN Energy Solutions is set to provide the turbomachinery for Highview Power’s 50MW/250MW liquid air energy storage (LAES) project in Greater Manchester.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Tom Hoines, MD of Younity, about the challenges for community energy organisations in finding projects in a “very competitive market” and the need to encourage more involvement in community energy.

Energy storage company Gravitricity is to add hydrogen and heat storage to its underground gravity energy system.

The next Contracts for Difference auction will open to applications in December 2021.

Zenobe Energy has unveiled a 100MW project in Capenhurst, Chester, which it says is set to be Europe’s largest grid-connected battery.

Alternative asset manager Gresham House has appointed James Lindsay as head of institutional business.

Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the theft of more than £450,000 worth of solar panels.

Gravitricity has celebrated a new milestone, as the 15-metre high lattice tower for its storage demonstrator project is installed ahead of testing beginning next month.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund has posted strong results for the six months ending 31 December 2020, with net asset value (NAV) growing to £476.7 million.