Solar

Published: 20 Apr 2023, 10:55 13% of UK business leaders doubt a full renewable energy transition will ever happen. Image: Getty. The renewables arm of German industrial conglomerate BayWa Group has revealed that only 34% of UK business leaders don’t think a full renewable energy transition will be achieved before 2050 in the UK, whilst […]

Published: 21 Apr 2023, 09:20 Field is currently developing an estimated 500MW of batter storage in the UK. Image: Blandine Schillinger (Pixabay). Field Energy, the UK battery storage developer, has announced it plans to expand into Italy.  The company hired Emanuele Taibias as country general manager and Roberto Nardi as project development lead, who will together lead

Published: 20 Apr 2023, 14:46 The UK contributed the majority of energy storage capacity deployed in Europe last year, according to Enact. Image: Getty. The UK deployed 833MW of battery energy storage in 2022 helping Europe reach 4.5GW of total battery storage capacity the same year, according to data from Enact and Aurora Energy Research respectively. 

Published: 19 Apr 2023, 15:31 British solar and battery developer Renewable Connections and its partner European Energy UK have announced the sale of two “shovel-ready” co-located solar and battery storage projects in Scotland.  The projects are based in Scotland, one at Strathruddie Farm and one at Montreathmont Moor, and have a combined capacity of 121MWdc

The CfD scheme has so far awarded contracts to renewable projects with a total capacity of 26.1GW. Image: Gov.UK. The solar industry has welcomed the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) plans to reform its flagship renewable energy generation scheme to reward applicants for including factors other than price.   This announcement follows the review

Published: 17 Apr 2023, 11:42 Installation of solar PV panels – via Wikimedia Commons Solar Energy UK (SEUK), the solar industry trade association, has published its analysis of the UK government’s proposals for the solar sector published as part of ‘Energy Security Day’ on March 30.  In its analysis of the government’s plans, SEUK welcomed

Published: 13 Apr 2023, 16:30 Image: Powervault London-based company Powervault has secured £3.8 million from climate change investors to develop its battery energy storage manufacturing capabilities.  The company uses behind-the-meter smartSTOR software in its AI battery storage which intelligently learns customer usage to store cheaper off-peak electricity to use during peak hours.  Investors including Green Angel

Atrato set to acquire the solar project from UK developer Harmony Energy. Image: Harmony Energy. Investment company Atrato Onsite Energy has acquired a 50MW ready-to-build solar project in Richmond, North Yorkshire. The project, which will feature ground mounted solar, will be constructed under a fully wrapped engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract. Atrato, which operates under

Scotland’s first floating solar demonstrator to be launched in 2023, says Nova Innovation. Image: Nova Innovation. Nova Innovation, a tidal energy company, has announced the addition of floating solar to its portfolio with its first demonstrator to be launched in 2023. Nova already offers a start to finish service for tidal turbines (from consenting, design,

Published: 13 Apr 2023, 12:15 The team from Cheesecake Energy, whose solution a combination of thermal and compressed air energy storage. Image: Cheesecake Energy. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is providing £30 million in grants for three long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects using novel energy storage technologies. The three projects awarded