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

Published: 3 Mar 2021, 09:41 The co-located battery at JLEN’s Yorkshire Hydropower Limited asset in North Yorkshire. Image: JLEN JLEN has acquired 100% of an equity stake in Gigabox South Road Limited (GSRL), a company which holds the development rights to construct the 50MW West Gourdie project. The company is to invest up to £12.2

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