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Trina Storage commissioned and tested the 50MW/56.2MWh battery system. Image: Trina Storage Trina Storage has completed the supply of its first UK battery energy storage system (BESS), the 50MW/56.2MWh fully integrated grid-scale battery energy storage system owned by SMS plc. The BESS, which is located in Burwell was constructed by Ethical Power. Trina Storage, meanwhile, supplied, commissioned […]

Published: 11 Feb 2022, 10:16 The Invinity vanadium flow battery at the waste water treatment works. Image: Invinity Energy Systems Battery storage is making renewables more viable for Scottish Water, the company has said following the installation of Invinity Energy Systems’ vanadium flow batteries. The flow battery system is capable of storing up to 0.8MWh

The investment in Above marks the Clean Growth Fund’s first UK solar investment. Image: The Clean Growth Fund. Venture capital fund the Clean Growth Fund has made its first investment into the UK’s solar sector, leading a £2.4 million investment in solar data and analytics company Above. The company was founded in 2016, and has

The 4.1MWp Manmoel Road solar farm in the UK. Image: STEAG Solar Energy Solutions. STEAG Solar Energy Solutions GmbH (SENS) is to build a new solar-plus-storage farm in Norfolk, with planning permission having recently been granted. SENS, which is a subsidiary of Essen-based energy company STEAG, is cooperating with Namene Solar Light Company for the project, which

Published: 11 Feb 2022, 12:53 Matthew Mendes has been appointed as CEO of the newly rebranded Pulse Clean Energy. Image: Pulse Clean Energy. Following last year’s acquisition, Green Frog Power has rebranded as Pulse Clean Energy and unveiled a target of 1GW+ of energy storage assets in the UK. The company was bought by Investment

The Shoals Hook solar farm. Image: Foresight Strong asset operational performance and above budget irradiation in the first half of 2021 resulted in generation from Foresight Solar Fund’s UK portfolio being 1% above budget over the last year. However, across Foresight’s full portfolio electricity generated was 5.3% below base case for the full year to 31

Published: 10 Feb 2022, 11:28 The framework agreement also covers the development of 185MW of co-located solar PV. Image: pxhere. Cambridge Power Limited has signed a Framework Agreement with Brookfield Renewable to develop a new portfolio of solar and battery storage. The two are to develop on an exclusive basis more than 800MW of full

Published: 10 Feb 2022, 11:22 Harmony Energy has a growing portfolio of projects in the UK, including the Contego battery developed with FRV (pictured). Image: Harmony Energy. Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project. The company has planning consent from East Riding of Yorkshire Council for a

Published: 9 Feb 2022, 15:04 Solar and onshore wind can bid in for a share of £10 million available for Pot One technologies in AR4. Image: Getty. From 2023, Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions will be held annually, the government has announced. “We are hitting the accelerator on domestic electricity production to boost energy security,

Published: 9 Feb 2022, 11:52 The solar is currently under construction on the former landfill site. Image: Pixabay Construction of a new solar farm is currently underway on a landfill site in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, with the site due to be operational by summer. The solar farm – which is to be built across 11 hectares