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 […]

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

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

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.

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

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 –

Solar thermal alongside PV, heat pumps and other green measures are eligible under the scheme. Image: Julian (Flickr). Further calls for improvements to the Green Homes Grant are being voiced, with NGOs and thinktanks issuing a letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor on the subject. Describing the Green Homes Grant as being “beset with

Tesco signed a 10-year solar PPA last November. Image: Tesco. Solar operators could be handling a more complex power purchase agreement (PPA) portfolio with multiple small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as offtakers, according to industry leaders. Speaking during the Solar Finance & Investment Europe conference yesterday (18 February), Jing Liu, assistant general manager of structured

Solar PV is included with the Local Authority Delivery segment of the Green Homes Grant. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). Four industry associations have joined forces to urge the government to adopt a new plan to improve the beleaguered Green Homes Grant after finding 35% of installers are at risk of shutting up shop due to the

Published: 18 Feb 2021, 12:11 The G1 Flashings are darker in colour. Image: Viridian Solar. Cambridge-based Viridian Solar has added two new modules to its Clearline fusion range of roof integrated solar.   The 335Wp and 340Wp modules mark a shift away from a 156mm cell size for the company. It has opted for mono-crystalline PERC