Solar

By installing solar panels on a typical home in the UK, the sale value increases by £1,800, Solar Energy UK found. Installing solar panels could add around £1,800 to house prices, according to a new survey from Solar Energy UK. This is nearly half of the up-front cost of installation, making solar an increasingly appealing […]

Currently, £10 million is to be spent on Pot One technologies in the next Contracts for Difference auction. Image: Getty. Regen is calling on the government to double the capacity for Pot One technologies from 5GW to 10GW in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction. The trade body outlined the ask in a letter

Foresight now owns and operates c.£4.0 billion in electricity generating assets, including the Shoals Hook solar farm (pictured). Image: Foresight. Power price volatility helped provide positive momentum for Foresight Group Holdings’s portfolio of assets in the six months to 30 September. The company has seen its assets under management (AUM) jump to £8.1 billion, an

Published: 5 Oct 2021, 16:47 ILI Group has now developed and sold 200MW of battery energy storage in the UK. Image: ILI Group. Scottish clean energy developer ILI Group has announced the sale of another battery storage asset. The 50MW Fordtown battery storage project in Kintore, Aberdeeshire has been sold to Eelpower for an undisclosed

Bluefield’s operational portfolio now consists of 106 PV plants with a total capacity of 613MWp. Image: Bluefield. Bluefield Solar Income Fund is celebrating a jump in earnings in a year that also saw an increase in debt and a drop in share price. The company recorded underlying earnings pre amortisation of debt of £48.6 million,

Published: 5 Oct 2021, 15:39 The joint venture will develop ground-mounted solar, solar and battery hybrid and standalone battery storage plants. Low Carbon Alliance Limited (LCA) and real estate investor Kajima Europe have formed a new joint venture targeting UK solar and storage. This joint venture – named Taiyo Power and Storage Limited, with Taiyo

Published: 5 Oct 2021, 11:51 Globally Shell has been developing its portfolio of solar projects in recent years, with projects in Australia, Southeast Asia and the US. Image: Stuart Conway/Shell. Shell and renewable energy developer Island Green Power have signed a framework agreement to develop solar PV projects with co-located battery storage potential. Together they will

Published: 4 Oct 2021, 10:57 A total of 2,568,810kWh of low carbon electricity was exported via the SEG in the first year. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). Solar PV made up around 99.8% of all installations registered with the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) in its first fifteen months of operations. This is according to Ofgem’s first

Published: 1 Oct 2021, 14:32 The solutions are being lauded as the quickest and easiest-to-install solutions on the market. Image: FIMER. FIMER is launching high-power inverter and high-capacity storage platforms for the residential market with an aim of helping installers make the most of increasing demand. The FIMER PowerUNO, PowerTRIO and PowerX platforms are to be

Published: 1 Oct 2021, 14:58 This will be ESB and Fluence’s fifth project together, giving them a total portfolio of 308MWh. Image: ESB/Fluence. State owned electricity company ESB and energy storage technology company Fluence have announced two new battery projects in Dublin. The 75MW/150MWh battery in Poolbeg is to be the EU’s largest battery energy storage