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Midsummer relaunches solar design software Easy PV

Midsummer relaunches solar design software Easy PV

Published: 15 Sep 2021, 12:22 Midsummer has relaunched the software with updated branding, following a wider company refresh in 2020. Image: Midsummer. Renewables distributor Midsummer has relaunched its solar design software Easy PV. The software integrates design, calculations, paperwork and ordering into one online package. As part of the relaunch, it now boasts an updated […]

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Up to 3GW of UK renewables targeted by new entrant Evolution Power

Up to 3GW of UK renewables targeted by new entrant Evolution Power

Published: 10 Sep 2021, 16:01 The initial 1GW pipeline is to be funded as part of a partnership with Korkia, with Evolution Power targeting a total of 2-3GW. Evolution Power – a new entrant to the UK renewables market – has partnered Finnish sustainable investment group Korkia to fund an initial 1GW pipeline. Evolution Power is

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Segen bought by City Electrical Factors’ parent company

Segen bought by City Electrical Factors’ parent company

Published: 9 Sep 2021, 10:24 The acquisition of Segen by Labora is expected to close next month. Image: Segen Residential and commercial rooftop solar PV system distributor Segen is to be acquired by Labora Holdings Limited, the parent company of electrical products and services supplier City Electrical Factors (CEF). Labora is to acquire 100% of Segen

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Government unveils allocation of full £500m Local Authority Delivery of Green Homes Grant

NAO slams lack of engagement with installers for ‘over-ambitious’ Green Homes Grant

Installers experienced frustration due to complicated requirements and delays in payments. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). The government didn’t sufficiently understand the challenges facing installers as part of the Green Homes Grant (GHG), having failed to learn from its own previous energy schemes. That is one of the key findings of a report from the National

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Anesco secures approval for 50MW battery site set to perform multiple grid-balancing roles

Anesco secures approval for 50MW battery site set to perform multiple grid-balancing roles

Anesco built Clayhill (pictured), the UK’s first subsidy-free large-scale solar-plus-storage project, which it then sold to GRIDSERVE last year. Image: Anesco Anesco’s new 50MW battery storage site has been given the green light by Brentwood Borough Council, with the project to be another example of how batteries are benefiting the grid and offering returns for investors, the company has said.  The facility

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PACE given green light for third UK solar-plus-storage site this year

PACE given green light for third UK solar-plus-storage site this year

Published: 7 Sep 2021, 09:00 Construction of the Attleborough solar-plus-storage site is earmarked for 2022. Image: PACE Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured planning permission for a 26MWp solar-plus-storage farm, located 15 miles south-west of Norwich. The ground-mounted Attleborough solar-plus-storage site is earmarked for construction in 2022, although this is subject to financing. This is

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50MW JBM solar-plus-storage site given green light

BEIS consults on new solar PV Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project guidance

Published: 7 Sep 2021, 10:19 The government committed to completing a review of the existing energy NPSs to ensure they reflect current energy policy in the energy white paper. New guidance on solar PV has been proposed by the government as part of its review into the energy National Policy Statements (NPSs). Designed to provide

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Construction kicks off at 99MW/198MWh UK battery storage site

Construction kicks off at 99MW/198MWh UK battery storage site

Published: 7 Sep 2021, 12:46 Construction follows the completion of the 34MW/68MWh Contego battery energy storage facility (pictured). Image: Harmony Energy Work has started at a battery storage site lauded as the largest of its kind under construction in the UK by developers Harmony Energy and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV). The 99MW/198MWh Clay Tye site –

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