Solar

Published: 14 May 2021, 11:49 Image: SEMLEP. Work has started on a new solar farm on the site of a former landfill that is to form part of the Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park. In 2020, Bedford Borough Council was awarded more than £1.8 million for the Park, which is being constructed at Elstow […]

Published: 13 May 2021, 12:04 Gore Street’s Drumkee battery, which has been operational since March. Image: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has acquired an 80MW energy storage project from RES, having also entered into exclusivity with the renewable energy company for over 300MW of assets. The 80MW project – located in

Published: 13 May 2021, 10:33 The co-located battery at JLEN’s Yorkshire Hydropower Limited asset in North Yorkshire. Image: JLEN. JLEN is to fund battery storage and biogas investments with the proceeds of a new oversubscribed £56.9 million placement. This funding is also to pay down amounts outstanding under the company’s revolving credit facility in order to create more

Image: Octopus Group. Octopus Renewables has announced a new partnership with Zestec Asset Management to deliver more than £100 million of new build UK solar assets. Funds managed by the specialist clean energy investor arm of the Octopus Group will be used to develop both rooftop solar and private wire ground-mount systems. Already, together the

Published: 12 May 2021, 10:47 Image: Aberla Energy. Aberla Energy has delivered a contract to design, supply and install a 50kWp rooftop-mounted solar PV system for Herefordshire Council. The installation is designed to decrease the Council’s carbon footprint and increase energy savings and security. It forms part of its action to become carbon neutral by

Published: 11 May 2021, 10:50 Last year, renewable capacity additions were up by 45% globally to almost 280GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). This was the highest year-on-year increase since 1999, but the agency has said these high additions are the “new normal” in 2021 and 2022. Over the next two years, renewables

The next Contracts for Difference auction will open to applications in December 2021. Together with the government’s response to the Supply Chain Plans and the CfD contract consultation, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed on Friday (7 May 2021) that the fourth round of the subsidy scheme will begin at the

Published: 7 May 2021, 10:32 Image: Thrive Renewables. A 5MW/7.45MWh battery storage project near Milton Keynes – Thrive Renewables’ first – has this month entered into construction. Initial ground works and site preparation have begun, and will be followed by the earthing installation. After this, the trench will be dug and the cable connecting the Wicken

Published: 5 May 2021, 15:16 Veolia’s Ling Hall solar farm, on the site of an old landfill in Warwickshire. Image: Veolia. Resource management company Veolia is set to double its renewable electricity capacity, deploying solar panels across restored landfill sites. This includes up to 60MWe of solar, which will work together with biomass and biogas

Image: Nottingham City Council. The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is calling for the introduction of a floor price above zero for the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) to help support community energy. This follows industry feedback gathered through a call for evidence regarding community energy issued by the EAC in February that saw 57 responses. Industry representatives