Longer-duration storage covers a number of technologies, including flow batteries such as those from Invinity Energy Systems (formerly RedT and Avalon). Image: Invinity Energy Systems. A new market mechanism for longer-duration storage should be created according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA). In a new report, the trade association looked into […]

Published: 10 Mar 2021, 12:00 Gravitricity engineering project manager Frances Tierney, with senior mechanical engineer Steven Kirk by the tower. Image: Gravitricity. Gravitricity has celebrated a new milestone, as the 15-metre high lattice tower for its storage demonstrator project is installed ahead of testing beginning next month. The Leith based energy storage start-up is building

Image: Andreas Gucklhorn (Unsplash). Foresight Solar Fund has confirmed its continued focus on fixed revenue streams as the impact of COVID-19 continues to be felt. Low power prices during Q2 of 2020 continued to affect Foresight, as lockdown in the UK caused demand to fall to a record low, in turn driving down prices. In May,

Published: 9 Mar 2021, 10:10 Installation of Clearline fusion and Velux windows in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Image: Virdian Solar. Viridian Solar has unveiled new roofing kits that extend its existing partnership with VELUX, announced last year. The partnership is aiming to provide a seamless combination of roof-integrated solar PV and roof windows, with the new roofing kit

Published: 8 Mar 2021, 10:26 Image: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s two 50MW battery assets in Northern Ireland are in the final stages of construction and testing, the company announced. Both are expected to start providing DS3 services from 1 April, and remain both on time and in budget. These

Published: 4 Mar 2021, 12:47 Image: David Meehan (Elgin Energy). Solar growth in Ireland could provide an annual saving of €21 (£18) per citizen, according to a new report from international advisory firm, AFRY. It modelled three scenarios with different levels of solar and wind, to establish the most effective way of meeting the Government’s

FRV and Harmony’s first storage development, Holes Bay. Image: Harmony Energy. Construction has got underway for Renewables developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures’s (FRV) second battery storage project in the UK, together with partner Harmony Energy. FRV, owned by Saudi Arabian industry group Abdul Latif Jameel, has deployed hundreds of megawatts of wind and solar projects around

Image: HM Treasury. Commitments to support solar and storage were notably absent from chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget, despite the welcome news of a UK-Infrastructure Bank and green bonds. Announced today, the Budget focused predominantly on continued support for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, and the pathway out of it. While there was