Solar

Published: 2 Mar 2021, 11:12 Image: Bluefield. Bluefield Solar Income Fund has posted strong results for the six months ending 31 December 2020, with net asset value (NAV) growing to £476.7 million. This marked a £43.2 million jump from the first half of last year, with new project acquisitions, an oversubscribed share placing and the […]

Published: 2 Mar 2021, 11:17 Image: MCS. The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is to consult on a new route for installer certification. It said that previously, companies applying for certification have struggled to find a willing customer to be the recipient of their first installation, leading to these companies either not pursuing certification or having

Published: 1 Mar 2021, 12:37 Elgin Energy’s bifacial installation in Ireland. Image: Elgin Energy. Elgin Energy is to progress a 210MW portfolio of subsidy-free solar following the closure of its first fundraise with Focus Capital Partners. The £4.25 million raised is to be invested into the portfolio, which spans several projects in the company’s UK

The TUC is recommending that unspent funding is passed over to the Local Authority allocation, where solar is an eligible technology. Of the 100,000 new jobs to result from the Green Homes Grant, only 14,500 of these have been created to date. This is according to new analysis from the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which

NESF’s portfolio has now grown to about 800MWp thanks to the acquisition, with sites around the UK like this one at Staughton. Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired 100MWp of UK solar in a c.£64.3 million deal with Lightsource BP. The Camden solar PV portfolio is made up of two projects, the 50MWp

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been called on to continue the Green Homes Grant ahead of next week’s Budget. Image: HM Treasury Further calls have come in ahead of next week’s Budget for the Chancellor to not curtail the Green Homes Grant scheme. This latest letter has been signed by 19 organisations representing or working within

Flint Landfill solar farm. Image: ENGIE. UK green supplier Good Energy has signed a new subsidy-free agreement for two solar farms in Wales. The two sites – Flint Landfill and Crumps Yard – are being developed by ENGIE on land owned by Flintshire County Council. Cumulatively the sites have a capacity of 3.5MW from 9,000 400W panels across

Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium. Image: VivoPower. VivoPower has been announced as the official battery technology partner for football club Tottenham Hotspur. The “first-of-its-kind partnership” will see the battery company review Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium and training centre, allowing it to develop storage solutions that will help the club become a net zero carbon business. Currently, it is envisaged

Image: Getty. A collection of energy and environmental organisations are urging the government to up its commitment to UK solar with the implementation of a deployment target of at least 40GW by 2030. The organisations – which include Community Energy England, E3G, the Green Finance Institute, WWF, Greenpeace and Possible – are recommending that the government

Published: 24 Feb 2021, 12:47 Image: NTR. Investor and asset manager NTR has acquired a 54MW portfolio of co-located solar and storage projects in Co. Wexford, Ireland from RES. It is made up of two battery storage projects with a combined capacity of 25MW along with 29MW of solar PV. The solar projects were awarded 16-year Contracts