Solar

Published: 20 Jan 2022, 11:24 The Littleton solar farm is expected to be operational in late 2023. Image: SSE. SSE has acquired its first solar farm, taking on the development rights for a 30MW solar farm at Littleton Pastures from Stark Energy. The site is located near Evesham in Worcestershire, covers 77 acres and is […]

The No Constraints scenario would target 3.9GW of rooftop solar, and also provide the lowest cost pathway by 2050. Image: Greater London Authority. Rooftop solar PV is expected to play a key role in London reaching net zero by 2030, and could contribute almost 4GW of clean energy. In a new report from Element Energy,

Published: 20 Jan 2022, 09:51 Good Energy’s Crossroad Solar Farm. Image: Good Energy. Bluefield Solar Income Fund has purchased the entirety of Good Energy’s 47.5MW generating portfolio for up to £24.5 million. The portfolio contains six solar sites alongside wind assets, and provides around 15% of Good Energy’s customers’ electricity. It is set to continue

To date, the Innova Group has owned and operated more than 100MW of solar sites. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). Solar energy company Innova Energy has been acquired by Elm Trading, taking on its 16 ground-mount assets in Britain. The diversified trading company has gained 61.5MW through the transaction dubbed Project Radiant, all of which is

Published: 17 Jan 2022, 14:07 Members of the Gravitricity team at the Staříč mine site, where the full scale project may be located. Image: Gravitricity. Energy storage firm Gravitricity has secured new project support led by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its plans to build a full scale 4-8MW project in a former mine

Published: 14 Jan 2022, 15:05 The 50MW/100MWh BESS is to be located in Yorkshire. Image: Andy Harbach (Flickr) Econergy Renewable Energy has kicked off a 800MW pipeline of UK storage with the acquisition of a 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). This pipeline – which is to have an expected 1,600MWh capacity – is to be developed

Iberdrola already has a 3MW portfolio of solar projects in the UK. Image: Iberdrola. Iberdrola has become one of the biggest solar players in the UK, after acquiring 17 PV projects from Elgin Energy and Lightsource BP. The projects – which are at the preconstruction phase – have a combined capacity of more than 800MW,

The latest CfD round, which opened in December, is the first to include solar PV since the first auction. Image: Getty. With high wholesale prices alongside lowered levy rates, electricity suppliers are to receive reconciliation payments for their Contracts for Difference (CfD) contributions for the first time. While generators receive top-up payments to the strike price

Bellway has been installing Viridian’s roof-integrated solar panels on homes since 2019. Image: Viridian Solar. Viridian Solar has extended its partnership with housebuilder Bellway, which will see its Clearline fusion roof-integrated solar systems installed on many new homes. The new National Supply Agreement builds on the companies’ initial partnership signed in 2019, extending it out

Published: 12 Jan 2022, 11:00 If approved, Gate Burton will be one of an emerging class of NSIP solar projects. Image: Getty. Low Carbon has opened a consultation into its 500MW Gate Burton solar and energy storage park in Lincolnshire. The energy park will sit on one site, located in the West Lindsay District near