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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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greentech UK awarded IMS accreditation for its PV solar developments

greentech UK awarded IMS accreditation for its PV solar developments

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Published: 10 Oct 2022, 15:21 greentech UK awarded IMS accreditation for its PV solar developments. Image: Getty. greentech UK has been awarded IMS accreditation after successfully passing an independent audit for the provision of PV solar development, operations and maintenance. IMS certification is awarded to companies that implement two or more of the International Organisation

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Balance Power given green light to develop 50MW Wolverhampton West battery energy project

Balance Power given green light to develop 50MW Wolverhampton West battery energy project

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Published: 4 Oct 2022, 15:35 Balance Power given green light to develop 50MW Wolverhampton West battery energy project. Image: Balance Power. Balance Power is set to develop a 50MW battery energy storage project in Wolverhampton West following a successful planning appeal. The project has been approved on the basis that the inspector found environmental benefits

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Solarwatt to scale UK operations to cater for rising solar PV demand

Solarwatt to scale UK operations to cater for rising solar PV demand

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Published: 7 Oct 2022, 11:40 Solarwatt to scale UK operations to cater for rising solar PV demand. Image: Solarwatt. Solarwatt is catering for the growing demand in solar technologies by expanding its PV panel range and increasing its inventory across the UK via a dedicated central facility in Leamington Spa. The Germany-based company intends to

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Construction to kick off at Lightsource bp’s biggest UK solar site using n-type TOPCon modules

Construction to kick off at Lightsource bp’s biggest UK solar site using n-type TOPCon modules

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Published: 7 Oct 2022, 15:02 Lightsource bp is building out its portfolio of UK projects, which includes sites like South Creak (pictured). Image: Lightsource bp. Lightsource bp is to kick off construction of its largest solar farm in the UK to date at the beginning of November. The 61MWp project at Tiln Farm, Retford, is

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Harmony Energy secures £60m from NatWest for battery storage acquisition

Fotowatio Renewable Ventures in new £1 billion UK battery storage partnership

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Published: 5 Oct 2022, 08:09 FRV’s 34MW/64MWh Contego battery storage system in West Sussex, brought online in partnership with another developer, Harmony Energy. Image: FRV Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) and Tyler Hill Partners have created a platform to develop, build and operate up to 1GW/2GWh of battery energy storage system projects in the UK. The

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Equinor completes final investment decision for first UK battery asset

Equinor completes final investment decision for first UK battery asset

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Published: 5 Oct 2022, 14:30 Image: Noriker Power. Equinor has approved the final investment decision of its first battery energy storage asset in the UK. The move follows the Norwegian oil and gas giant acquiring a 45% stake in UK utility-scale storage and stability services developer Noriker Power in December 2021. In addition to this equity

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Solar Energy UK and SolarPower Europe launch the Solar Stewardship Initiative

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Solar Energy UK and SolarPower Europe aim to tackle solar supply issues via the Solar Stewardship Initiative. Image: AMP Clean Energy. Solar Energy UK and SolarPower Europe have jointly launched the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) detailing plans to develop responsible, transparent and sustainable solar value chains. A core instrument of the Initiative is the SSI

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