utility scale

Talking to Solar Power Portal, solar installer Solarsense’s MD Stephen Barrett explained how the company is focusing on design and quotes, as they’ve stepped away from both residential and commercial installations for the safety of their staff and clients.

Six community-run solar farms have advanced £195,000 in community benefit funds, with the money to go towards supporting their local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambridgeshire County Council is looking to build a 29MW solar farm, adding another development to its portfolio.

Irish utility-scale solar developer Terra Solar Limited is winding up, with its projects finding new life with Irish utility ESB.

Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has conditionally agreed to acquire a 50MW battery storage project.

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) plans to commence construction “shortly” on an 8.5MWp subsidy-free extension as it reiterates the minimal effect of COVID-19 on its operations.

The April 2020 episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available, with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the solar industry a predictably prominent theme.

Solar Power Portal spoke to Andrew Moore, one of the directors of the Creacombe solar farm, to talk subsidy-free community solar, the possibility of battery storage and just how Creacombe came to be.

Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, discusses continued growth of the UK’s utility-scale solar pipeline amidst the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and the opportunities posed for potential site suppliers.

Vanadium redox flow battery company redT has officially rebranded to Invinity Energy Systems following its merger with Avalon, the change now approved by shareholders.