Solar

Over the past year, renewable funds peaked at 115% of their November 2021 price, before dropping back. Image: Getty. Market intelligence company Cornwall Insight has warned that extending the windfall tax to renewable energy companies such as solar power funds would be disproportionate to profits. Following rumours that chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to expand […]

Published: 14 Nov 2022, 18:58 The site would span 40 acres near Maiden Newton, Dorset. Image: Pxhere. Clean energy solutions company Enviromena will launch an appeal against Dorset Council’s decision to reject planning proposals for a 11.8MW solar installation spanning 40-acres at Cruxton Farm near Maiden Newton. Despite obtaining “full backing” from the local parish

Published: 11 Nov 2022, 17:47 Scotland missed its 100% gross renewable energy consumption target by only 1.4% in 2021. Image: Getty. The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland. The revision will be considered

Published: 10 Nov 2022, 16:45 The 49.9MW solar farm is said to significantly help the Council achieve their target of reaching net zero emissions by 2040. Image: Unsplash. Committee members at Darlington Borough Council have approved Aura Power’s 49.9MW Burtree Lane solar farm. The site, due to begin construction in 2023, “will nearly triple the

Published: 9 Nov 2022, 16:14 ENGIE calls the acquisition a “key milestone” in its journey to adding battery storage to its portfolio. Image: Unsplash. A joint venture 50MW battery storage project owned by clean energy developers Intelligent Land Investors (ILI) Group, Abbey Group and YOO Energy, has been sold to the French multinational energy company

Published: 8 Nov 2022, 11:55 MCS has said the dashboard will provide ‘near-real-time updates on MID data’. Image: Getty. The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has launched a new online Data Dashboard to provide data and analysis on the volume of renewable energy installations in the UK. The scheme, which last year launched what it said

Published: 7 Nov 2022, 16:39 NextEnergy Solar Fund has a combined installed power capacity of 865MW. Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has today published its first independent sustainability report, detailing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and approach to biodiversity. With a combined installed power capacity of 865MW which includes 100 operating solar

Published: 3 Nov 2022, 12:06 Gresham House secures £155 million increase in debt facility. Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has secured £155 million incremental term debt via an accordion arrangement contemplated under an existing senior debt facility. This incremental debt, together with an original £180 million secured last year,