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BayWa r.e. partners Gresham House to repower second solar site

BayWa r.e. partners Gresham House to repower second solar site

Published: 18 Jun 2021, 10:21 Image: BayWa. r.e. BayWa r.e. has been granted Provisional Acceptance for the repowering of Gresham House’s 4.984MWp ground mounted solar park Lake Farm. This follows the company finalising another repowering deal, this one being for Kingston Farm, with Gresham House in April. Lake Farm sits across 6.88 hectares in Wiltshire, UK, […]

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UK needs to treble solar in order to reach net zero but ‘significant barriers’ remain

UK needs to treble solar in order to reach net zero but ‘significant barriers’ remain

Image: Getty. The UK solar industry needs to treble in size to align with Climate Change Committee (CCC) recommendations, hitting 40GW of installed capacity by 2030. In Solar Energy UK’s new report, Lighting the Way, it outlines the policy and regulatory changes needed to drive the adoption of solar over the next eight years. According

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Utility Solar Summit: the flexibility of the post-subsidy market

Utility Solar Summit: the flexibility of the post-subsidy market

Image: Getty. Planning, financing & policy challenges in the UK & Ireland: 20-50 MW sites & mega-solar to 500-MW-plus The morning kicked off with an in depth dive into the planning process, and in particular the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process, which 50MW+ solar projects must go through as opposed to local planning. Gareth

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NextEnergy Solar Fund celebrates ‘milestone achievement’ as it reaches 150MWp subsidy-free target

NESF sees solar portfolio boost despite a year ‘dominated by uncertainty’

NESF’s electricity generation was +6.2% above budget over the past year. Image: NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is pursuing a 500MW pipeline of energy storage assets after achieving what it said were “solid” financial results. The EBITDA of its portfolio came in at £78 million for the year ended 31 March 2021, a slight

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Macquarie’s GIG partners Capbal to develop 187MWh storage portfolio

Macquarie’s GIG partners Capbal to develop 187MWh storage portfolio

Published: 15 Jun 2021, 13:12 The batteries will be used to provide balancing services for National Grid. Image: Getty. Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired a portfolio of 187MWh of late-stage development battery storage projects in the UK. The utility-scale, distribution-connected projects have been acquired from battery storage development and delivery platform Capbal Limited, with

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myenergi redesigns products as silicon shortage continues to impact energy sector

myenergi redesigns products as silicon shortage continues to impact energy sector

Published: 14 Jun 2021, 17:12 Image: myenergi. Renewable energy product manufacturer myenergi has completed a major product redesign in response to global shortages in silicon. The silicon shortage has caused significant manufacturing issues for companies around the world, with lead times for some microprocessors now over one year. This has had a knock-on effect on

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Anesco snapped up by Ara Partners and Aksiom as it gears up for growth

Anesco snapped up by Ara Partners and Aksiom as it gears up for growth

Published: 14 Jun 2021, 10:28 Image: Anesco. Anesco has been bought by a joint venture between private equity firm Ara Partners and technical and commercial services company Aksiom Services Group. This acquisition – for an undisclosed sum – comes as the company gears up to deliver what CEO Mark Futyan described as the next wave of large-scale

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Lightsource Labs launches solar-plus-storage solution in Midsummer, Huawei partnership

Lightsource Labs launches solar-plus-storage solution in Midsummer, Huawei partnership

A new fully integrated solar, battery and energy management solution is being offered by a new partnership between distributor Midsummer, Lightsource Labs and Huawei. This solution incorporates Lightsouce Lab’s energy management technology Tribe with the latest generation hybrid inverter and battery system from Huawei. Customers of Midsummer will be able to purchase the Tribe and Huawei

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