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Lightsource BP signs new PPA with Ibstock Brick for solar powered brick factory

November 27, 2019
Lightsource BP is to build a 4.9MWp solar installation for Ibstock Brick, at the latter’s Leicestershire headquarters.
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Aviva launches specialised renewable energy insurance

November 26, 2019
Insurance company Aviva has launched its first specialised package for renewable energy companies.
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Lightsource BP delivers night time reactive power using solar in ‘UK first’

November 25, 2019
A solar farm has provided National Grid ESO with reactive power overnight in what is being lauded as a UK first.
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Labour launches manifesto, including boost for solar and nationalisation plans

November 21, 2019
The Labour Party today launched its manifesto, cementing it’s plans to expand renewables and nationalise the energy sector.
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Lib Dems unveil manifesto, pledging to remove barriers to solar

November 21, 2019
The Liberal Democrats party has released its manifesto for the upcoming general election, promising to ramp up support for renewables.
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Octopus to float new renewable infrastructure investment fund

November 20, 2019
The Octopus Group will float a new renewables fund, the Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, on the London Stock Exchange.
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UK renewable investment attractiveness bounces back

November 20, 2019
The UK is back into seventh position in the most recent EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI), released yesterday (19 November).
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NESF targets 150MW of subsidy-free PV by end of 2020 as summer sun lifts performance

November 19, 2019
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is expecting to have amassed an operational subsidy-free solar pipeline as large as 150MW by the end of next year.
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Harmony Energy eyes second battery at Creyke Beck amidst sizeable subsidy-free solar pipeline

November 19, 2019
Harmony Energy, a developer of wind, solar and battery energy storage systems, has secured planning permission for a 49.5MW battery.
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RedT shuffles management team as Avalon talks progress

November 15, 2019
Energy storage firm redT has shuffled its management team as a proposed merger with Avalon nears completion.

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