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Published: 6 Jun 2023, 10:16 Solar Monkey has expanded its team to cater for UK growth. Image: Solar Monkey. Netherlands-based software company Solar Monkey is set to launch its offering to the UK to boost productivity for solar installers. The firm, which won Deloitte’s ‘Most Disruptive Innovator’ award in 2019, offers a software which aims …

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IPPR takes aim at the ‘not fit for purpose’ English planning system for renewables. Image: Getty Images. A new report released by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has dubbed the English planning system “not fit for purpose” for net zero technologies such as solar and onshore wind. As a result, the IPPR report …

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Maj Gen Richard Clements CBE and Lt Col Elizabeth Sedgwick unveiling the plaque at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks. Image: British Army. A new 3,000 photovoltaic (PV) panel solar farm has opened at Duke of Gloucester Barracks in South Cerney. Spanning 1.1 hectares, the solar farm brings the Defence estate’s total to three operating solar …

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Published: 2 Jun 2023, 10:52 The 150MW solar farm will feature co-located battery storage. Image: Peel Cubico Renewables. A consultation is being launched by Peel Cubico Renewables (PCR) for a 150MW solar farm in Cheshire. The current plans for the Frodsham Solar farm would see the site generate around 150MW of clean power and provide …

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Published: 2 Jun 2023, 12:37 Agreement will see the two offer a combined solar installation package. Image: Unsplash. Renewable energy company Engenera Renewables Group has signed an agreement with Costco Wholesale to promote solar power as a means to reduce energy costs. As part of the agreement, the two businesses will combine their expertise, meaning …

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Published: 2 Jun 2023, 14:06 CME’s report found that consumers are facing difficulties causing concerns about complexity and a lack of information around buying solar PV. Image: Pixabay. A new report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that customers looking to purchase green domestic heating technologies – such as solar photovoltaic (PV) …

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16MW solar farm in Shropshire given greenlight. Image: Getty. Renewables County Lane has received the greenlight from planners to develop a 16MW solar farm near the village of Albrighton, Shropshire. County Lane Solar Farm, which is set to be developed by Boultbee Brooks’ Renewable Energy arm on a 30-hectare site, has come to fruition via …

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Published: 31 May 2023, 12:27 The CCC stated that net zero has already provided around 250,000 new jobs with this figure expected to rapidly increase by the turn of the decade. Image: Getty. A new report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has shown that a net zero transition – including the uptake of solar …

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Published: 30 May 2023, 12:10 Cero, Enso Energy achieve financial close on 49.5MW/99MWh battery storage system. Image: Cero Generation. Developer Cero Generation and its UK development partner Enso Energy have achieved financial close of a 49.5MW/99MWh battery storage system. The battery storage system, which is set to be developed in South Gloucestershire and be co-located …

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Oxford PV sets new ‘world record’ for commercial-sized solar cell efficiency. Image: Oxford PV. Solar cell developer Oxford PV has set a ‘new world record’ for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell, it said. The record-breaking solar cell converted 28.6% of the sun’s energy into electricity, as independently certified by Fraunhofer ISE. This is …

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