Solar

Published: 10 Jun 2022, 07:00 NESF is pursuing a £350 million portfolio of assets, including battery storage and international solar. Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has celebrated hitting a new milestone as its portfolio reaches 100 operating solar assets. The latest 181kW commercial rooftop solar power installation is the final development under its venture […]

Published: 10 Jun 2022, 10:40 Solar Skills London is to offer grants of £1,000 for solar-related training and development. Image: Daniel Chapman/Flickr. The Solar Skills London programme – launched in 2021 by Solar Energy UK and the Mayor of London – has created a new online careers hub. This hub aims to help newcomers map

Published: 8 Jun 2022, 11:37 EDF Renewables is developing a number of 50MW solar farms around the UK. Image: EDF. EDF Renewables is looking to explore the positive impacts of utility-scale solar projects on biodiversity, soil health and farmland management in partnership with academic institutions. As part of work with sustainability consultancy Nature Positive, EDF Renewables

Published: 6 Jun 2022, 16:39 The 60MW BESS is RWE’s second in Ireland. Image: RWE RWE’s largest battery storage project to date has entered full operations in County Monaghan, Ireland. The 60MW battery energy storage system (BESS) is the second RWE battery project to go live in the country, after its 8.5MW BESS in Stephenstown,

Published: 6 Jun 2022, 12:33 Diageo’s environmental manager Jay Christie and operations director Gavin Brogan at the Leven bottling and packaging site, which produces 40 million cases of spirit every year. Image: Diageo. Beverage company Diageo has been given the green light by Fife council for the construction of its 4.1MW solar farm. The site

Published: 2 Jun 2022, 10:00 Bluefield recently acquired a 93MW portfolio which included 15 solar PV projects. Image: Bluefield Bluefield Solar has raised £150 million to pay down its fully drawn Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) following its acquisition of a 93MW portfolio earlier this month. This 93MW portfolio includes 15 solar assets with a total

Published: 2 Jun 2022, 10:37 The rooftop PV has been operational since 2015. Image: ROOF. Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has invested £6.6 million into a rooftop solar PV system situated atop what it said is a major Marks & Spencer (M&S) warehouse. At the time of its installation in 2015, the 6MW system was the

Published: 2 Jun 2022, 08:00 Pacific Green Technologies is planning to start construction at the Richborough Energy Park site in July. Image: Pacific Green. Pacific Green Technologies has appointed Instalcom Limited as the principal contractor for its 99.98MW Richborough Energy Park battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kent. Instalcom has also been awarded an operations and

Published: 31 May 2022, 12:40 EDF Renewables now has more than 3GW of solar sites at different stages of development. Image: EDF. EDF Renewables has submitted a planning application for another 49.9MW solar farm. The Glassthorpe site, situated between the villages of Flore and Upper Heyford in Northamptonshire, is the latest in a string of