Good Energy signs PPA for two solar farms on brownfield land in Flintshire

Good Energy signs PPA for two solar farms on brownfield land in Flintshire

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 […]

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VivoPower signs battery technology partnership with Tottenham Hotspur FC

VivoPower signs battery technology partnership with Tottenham Hotspur FC

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

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Solar growth set to ramp up in 2021 as renewables sidestep COVID-19 impacts

Government urged to adopt ‘ambitious target’ for UK solar deployment

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

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Loch Ness pumped hydro developers win consent for 50MW battery project

Loch Ness pumped hydro developers win consent for 50MW battery project

Published: 23 Feb 2021, 15:19 By: ILI Group is working towards a 1GW portfolio of battery storage and around 2GW of pumped hydro, including a project for Loch Ness (pictured). Image: Wikimedia user Ben Buxton. Planning consent has been granted for a 50MW battery energy storage project in Aberdeenshire for developer Intelligent Land Investments Group

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Unspent funds in £2 billion Green Homes Grant to be scrapped in ‘outrageous’ move

Chancellor urged to rollover Green Homes Grants funds to underpin confidence in retrofit market

Solar PV is eligible for funding under the Local Authority section of the scheme. Image: Nottingham City Council. The Chancellor has been sent another letter urging him to fully rollover unspent Green Homes Grant funding into 2021/22. The letter comes from the Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group (EEIG), a coalition of industry groups, NGOs, charities and

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West Berkshire Council announces plans for £10m solar farm

Cambridgeshire’s ‘forward-thinking’ Stanground solar farm gets green light

Published: 23 Feb 2021, 12:03 Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). Cambridgeshire County Council’s Stanground solar farm has been given the green light. The 2.93MW solar and battery storage park will be installed on a former landfill site, which has been closed and capped. It is no longer suitable for waste disposal or development, as the cap

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Downing unveils first UK utility-scale battery storage site

Downing unveils first UK utility-scale battery storage site

Image: Downing. Downing LLP has announced its first utility-scale battery storage site in the UK, with a 50MW/53MWh project in Nursling, Southampton. The investment manager has selected its co-funding partner as well as having entered into agreements for the supply of the storage solution, the optimisation of the asset and the route to market and trading arrangements.

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NESF to move ahead with 150MW subsidy free portfolio despite ‘challenging power price environment’

NESF boosts revenues as generation soars 8.1% above budget

Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has continued to report what it describes as “strong operational resilience” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in its update for the quarter ending 31 December 2020. NESF recorded a boost in electricity generation from its assets, at 8.1% above budget year-to-date. This generated c.£5.1 million in additional revenue, with irradiation

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Green Homes Grant to reportedly be scrapped next month despite 'clear demand'

Green Homes Grant to reportedly be scrapped next month despite ‘clear demand’

Solar PV is included within the Local Authority allocation of the scheme. Image: Ell Brown. The Green Homes Grant is to reportedly be shuttered in March, less than a year after it first began operation. The £2 billion scheme is designed to provide vouchers for green home technologies such as solar thermal, heat pumps and –

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