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Published: 18 Jan 2021, 12:12 Peter Bolton, new investment director at Gresham House New Energy. Image: Gresham House. Gresham House New Energy has welcomed a new investment director to develop the company’s unsubsidised renewables strategy. Peter Bolton is joining the company from Foresight, where he has worked for seven years including as investment director. He focused […]

Chris Hewett, Solar Energy UK’s chief executive, said the group hopes to start hosting in-person events again later this year. Image: Solar Energy UK. The Solar Trade Association has rebranded to Solar Energy UK this year to reflect the “new era of solar in the UK”, with plans for increased member activity as well as

Published: 15 Jan 2021, 12:15 The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communication (DCCAE) is looking to launch a support scheme for microgeneration technologies, such as solar PV. Currently, there is no support scheme for these technologies – defined as those with a maximum electrical output of 50kW and designed primarily for self-consumption at

Image: sonnen. Sonnen has launched its 4.6kW sonnenBatterie 10 product in the UK and Ireland following its initial launch in Germany last year. The battery offers a modular design, allowing for it to be expanded from 11kWh to 22kWh, with the possibility for expansions of up to 198kWh for small businesses or homes with larger

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 12:35 Image: Scottish Water. A new rooftop solar array is now generating at Scottish Water’s Campbeltown Water Treatment Works. Having cost £95,000, the 174 panels are to offset 16% of the electricity required to operate the facility. They were installed by Absolute Solar and Wind and are to generate 0.05GWh of

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 12:59 Despite surges elsewhere in the renewables sector, generation from solar in Great Britain fell in 2020 according to analysis from EnAppSys. Last year, solar output stood at 10TWh while in 2019 it was 12TWh, the analysis firm stated. This is despite record levels of solar in the first half of

Published: 14 Jan 2021, 13:26 Solar Energy UK worked with marketing agency Brand Ethos on the new logo: Image: Solar Energy UK. The Solar Trade Association will change its name and rebrand next week to “reflect the new era for Solar in the UK”, according to its chief executive Chris Hewett. The trade body will

Published: 12 Jan 2021, 11:39 By: New analysis shows a record-breaking 45GW of renewable capacity is up for tender in 2021, much of which is solar. Image: Getty. The Solar Media Podcast returns for its first episode of 2021, looking forward to what looks set to be a pivotal year for solar PV. In this

Published: 11 Jan 2021, 16:01 Image: Bluefield Solar Income Fund. UK-based green finance group Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has acquired a fully operational 70MWp solar park in Wiltshire in a deal worth £89 million. The Bradenstoke Solar Park, which was built in early 2015, sits on a former RAF airbase and will start generating

Published: 11 Jan 2021, 11:19 Gresham House’s Glassenbury battery storage asset. Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has added a further 35MW to its portfolio with the acquisition of Tynemouth and the completion of its Glassenbury B extension. The 25MW battery-only Tynemouth site – which is connected to the distribution