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Power station closures also contribute to growing solar interest. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). Power station closures in Fife and East Lothian, combined with rising interest in cheap, renewable energy has seen demand for solar PV soar in Scotland, property consultancy Galbraith has said. According to the organisation, solar had been lagging behind its counterpart wind […]

Published: 10 Feb 2023, 10:01 Trina Solar will supply at least 1GW of its next-generation solar PV modules for multiple Low Carbon projects throughout Europe. Image: Low Carbon Ltd. Trina Solar has signed a three-year framework agreement with global renewable energy company Low Carbon to supply at least 1GW of its PV modules for Low Carbon

Published: 10 Feb 2023, 11:24 4.1MW solar farm to provide renewable energy for compositing plant in Crewe. Image: Cheshire East Council. Gamma Energy is developing a 4.1MW solar farm at Leighton Grange Farm, Crewe, in Cheshire East. The solar farm is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 and will provide renewable energy

Published: 9 Feb 2023, 15:40 The solar architecture company received £271,933 to support the development of a glass ‘brick’ that, once installed into the wall of a building, will use solar energy to generate electricity. Image: Getty. Build Solar Ltd – a spin-out from Exeter University – is one of the winners of the latest

Published: 7 Feb 2023, 16:14 The 25.4MW solar farm at Three Maids Hill comprises 47,088 bifacial modules installed across 110 acres. Image: Getty. Enviromena has announced that its first UK solar farm, located in Winchester, has gone online. The 25.4MW site at Three Maids Hill comprises 47,088 bifacial modules installed across 110 acres. Planning approval

PPA prices in Q4 increased to £68.64/MWh on average. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). The UK saw some of the biggest increases in solar power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in Europe in Q4 2022, jumping 30%. Together with Italy, this represented the biggest increase in the continent according to LevelTen Energy’s new PPA Index report. Overall,

CIP partners with Amberside Energy to develop 2GW portfolio of BESS and solar projects. Image: Flickr. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Amberside Energy have partnered to develop a 2GW portfolio consisting of solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the UK. The investment management company CIP, under its Flagship Funds, will provide capital

Pictured L-R: Chris Hewett, Ben Fawcett, Hugh Brennan and Jonathan Selwyn on stage at SFIE, with Jonathan Scurlock and Rachel Cary onscreen. Image: Solar Media. The economics of developing solar have “decisively switched” according to a panel of experts this week, but development still faces a number of barriers with the most significant being the

Published: 3 Feb 2023, 16:39 One of the eight battery storage sites that will benefit from this funding is the already operational 40MW BESS in Bedfordshire. Image: Conrad Energy. Close Brothers Leasing has signed an agreement with independent power producer (IPP), Conrad Energy, to provide £85 million in funding for eight battery energy storage sites

Published: 2 Feb 2023, 15:02 New solar technology to help comply with the Future Homes Standard from 2025. Image: Green MPs (Flickr). Austrian building company Wienerberger’s UK and Ireland branch has launched a new roof tile which provides homebuilders with an integrated solar energy source. Wienerberger has released the product dubbed “Sandtoft in-roof Solar” in