Solar

Published: 13 Dec 2021, 15:21 This is the first time solar is able to participate in the CfD auction since it was first held in 2015. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). The fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has now opened, with solar able to take part for the first time since 2015. Solar projects will […]

Published: 13 Dec 2021, 12:41 The solar installation on the roof of St. Mary’s Catholic School. Image: Engenera Engenera has completed the installation of 610 solar PV panels on the roof of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Newcastle. It is the first of 12 schools in Newcastle to have solar installed as part of the new scheme,

Solar PV such as this ground-mount array at Scottish Water’s Inverness site is still being deployed, although Scotland contributes just 2.5% of the UK’s solar energy. Image: Scottish Water. Solar Energy Scotland’s calls for the Scottish Parliament to make key policy changes to support solar have been backed by a new motion put forward by

Published: 9 Dec 2021, 10:08 Katherine Vinnicombe joins Eelpower from SSE, where she led solar and storage project development. Image: Eelpower Katherine Vinnicombe has joined UK energy storage company Eelpower as the new head of business development. Vinnicombe is to drive the strategic development of Eelpower’s platform of battery storage assets, with these being brought

Published: 8 Dec 2021, 13:32 Bluefield’s operational portfolio now consists of 106 PV plants with a total capacity of 613MWp. Image: Bluefield. British solar investment fund Bluefield Partners has completed its first transaction in France, closing Project Germain with French solar developer IDSUD Energies SAS. The company has over £1.03 billion (€1.2 billion) of renewable

Published: 7 Dec 2021, 10:39 Work on the BESS, which is to be connected to the transmission network at the Bustlehome substation, has begun. Image: Pivot Power EDF-owned Pivot Power has started work on a 50MW/100MWh battery storage facility as part of its second Energy Superhub project. The Superhub network is designed to deliver up

Published: 7 Dec 2021, 11:57 This is the second battery energy storage system TagEnergy has acquired from RES. Image: RES TagEnergy has acquired a 100% stake in the 99.9MW Lakeside battery energy storage system (BESS), marking its fifth investment in the UK this year. The company purchased the BESS from RES for close to £65 million,

Published: 6 Dec 2021, 11:41 The new funding for the Warmer Homes scheme was announced by the Mayor of London. Image: Greater London Authority The Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes scheme is to see £51 million spent on the rollout of energy efficiency technologies to low income London households. This is to be split into

Published: 6 Dec 2021, 11:54 Battery storage assets could enhance the revenues from Equinor’s renewable energy portfolio in the UK, such as its Hywind Scotland floating wind farm. Image: Øyvind Gravås Woldcam. Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has acquired a 45% stake in UK utility scale storage and stability services developer Noriker Power. As

Published: 3 Dec 2021, 12:53 Octopus Renewable Infrastructure Trust is looking at assets in the UK, as well as Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Finland. Image: ORIT. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately £73.9 million from its placing and REX retail offer. Net proceeds of this are