Solar

Published: 10 Nov 2021, 10:29 A rendering of Canadian Solar / Recurrent Energy’s Slate solar-plus-storage project located in California, US. Image: Canadian Solar. Following a commitment to develop 1.4GWp of solar together, Windel Energy and Canadian Solar are now to also co-develop 1.5GW of UK battery energy storage systems (BESS). The two have signed a […]

Published: 10 Nov 2021, 11:58 The location of the Walton Solar PV Farm. Image: HBS New Energies HBS New Energies is to develop and deliver Affinity Water’s solar PV programme, with a 553kWp ground-mounted array under construction. The farm, which is due to be completed in early 2022, is the first project to be delivered

Published: 9 Nov 2021, 12:12 The ground mount solar farm was installed by Vital Energi. Image: Vital Energi via Twitter The Brynwhillach Solar Farm, which is to generate 4MW of zero-carbon electricity for Morriston Hospital in Swansea, has begun to export. The 10,000 panels making up the solar farm were installed by Vital Energi, as was the

According to Lucy Whitford from RES, there is a demand from investors for co-located and hybrid project, which benefit from solar as well as storage and other renewables. To coincide with energy day at the COP26 climate conference on Thursday 4 November, trade association Solar Energy UK ran a series of sessions on panel discussions

Published: 8 Nov 2021, 10:29 Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). Evolution Power has unveiled plans for a 165MW solar and storage project near Ashford in Kent. Stonestreet Green Solar will sit on land near Aldington, and connect to the nearby Sellindge substation. Its generation capacity will be up to 165MW, but its export capacity will be

Published: 5 Nov 2021, 11:56 Harmony Energy’s Contego battery storage asset, which it jointly developed with FRV. Image: Harmony Energy. Harmony Energy has raised gross proceeds of £186.5 million through the placing and offer for subscription of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). First announced last month, the IPO has seen the company issue 210 million

The 350MW site will need to be submitted as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, and approved by the secretary of state for BEIS. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). A new joint venture between Windel Energy and Canadian Solar dubbed Mallard Pass Solar Farm Limited has announced a 350MW project. If built, the project would sit across

This is ILI’s fifth battery storage deal in the last year. Image: ILI Group. Field has acquired its third battery energy storage asset, taking on the ILI Group’s 50MW Auchteraw battery energy storage project. Located near Fort Augustus in the Highlands, the acquisition follows that of Field Oldham (20MW) and Field Gerrards Cross (20MW) earlier

Published: 2 Nov 2021, 11:44 One of Anesco’s operational solar farms. Image: Anesco. Anesco has secured planning permission for its 20MW solar farm in Alfreton, Derbyshire from Amber Valley Borough Council and North East Derbyshire District. Construction of the 94-acre site, which is located on low-grade grazing land, is expected to take around 27 weeks. The solar

Bloy’s Grove is the latest 50MW site application from the energy company, with more expected. Image: EDF Renewables. EDF Renewables is continuing to develop its solar pipeline, with the submission of the planning application for its Bloy’s Grove solar farm. The 49.9MW site between the villages of Swainsthorpe and Mulbarton, just south of Norwich, was