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BEIS confirms £211 million Faraday Challenge funding for battery R&D to 2025

BEIS confirms £211 million Faraday Challenge funding for battery R&D to 2025

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Published: 21 Oct 2022, 10:48 Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg (right) with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre’s Jeff Pratt, inspecting a battery manufacturing line. Image: BEIS. A competitive funding initiative launched by the government to support battery research and development will make £211 million available over the next three years. The money will be targeted at […]

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‘Support measures do not incentivise energy storage,’ says REA

CorEnergy to supply solar PV to the UK Ministry of Defence

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Published: 21 Oct 2022, 11:48 CorEnergy to supply solar PV to the UK Ministry of Defence. Image: Getty. The UK Ministry of Defence has entered into a £5.4 million with CorEnergy to supply the organisation with solar PV. Part of Sureserve Group, CorEnergy operates as a consultant and a principal contractor, designing and installing decarbonisation

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Cambridge Power secures planning permission for 50MW BESS project in Essex

Cambridge Power secures planning permission for 50MW BESS project in Essex

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Published: 17 Oct 2022, 14:29 50MW project to add to 800MW BESS portfolio with Brookfield. Image: Cambridge Power. Cambridge Power has confirmed it has received planning permission for a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) situated in Essex. The BESS project will replace a previously proposed gas-peaker plant on the same site making the Lawford

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Balance Power, TagEnergy partner to develop and manage 500MW of energy storage

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Balance Power, TagEnergy partner to develop and manage 500MW of BESS. Image: Balance Power. Balance Power and TagEnergy are set to capitalise on the growing interest surrounding energy storage with the firms having partnered to build, own and operate 500MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the UK. Running alongside this partnership, the

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ReneSola Power grows European solar pipeline with Emeren acquisition

ReneSola Power grows European solar pipeline with Emeren acquisition

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Published: 14 Oct 2022, 14:13 Emeren has more than 2GW of solar under development. Image: ReneSola Power. Solar developer ReneSola Power has acquired UK-based utility-scale PV and battery storage developer Emeren as it expands its footprint in Italy and other European markets. With a pipeline of more than 2GW of solar and 500MW of storage

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‘Extraordinary we’re talking about banning solar on farmlands,’ says Brookfield

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‘Extraordinary we’re talking about banning solar on farmlands,’ says Brookfield. Image: George Heynes. “I find it extraordinary that we are talking about banning solar on farmlands, but we are talking about putting oil drills on farmlands – it is an industrialised process,” said Simon Maine, managing director, corporate communications at investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.

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Solar sector criticises de-facto windfall tax over investment concerns

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The revenue cap – which would act effectively as a windfall tax – could cost the sector £20 billion in investment. Image: Getty. The government’s revenue cap sends a poor signal to investors in renewable energy, Solar Energy UK has said. Announced on Tuesday night, the Energy Prices Bill enshrines in law many of the support

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Strategic Power Projects receives planning approval for £122 million battery storage facility

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Strategic Power Projects receives planning approval for £122 million battery storage facility. Image: Strategic Power Projects. Ireland’s national planning body An Bord Pleanàla has approved a £122 million (€140 million) proposed battery storage facility set to be developed by Strategic Power Projects at Dunnstown, County Kildare. The project will have a capacity of over 200MW, making

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