Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). Solar and wind generated 30% of Britain’s electricity in 2020 according to Drax’s latest Electric Insights report. This was an increase of a sixth on 2019, with solar and wind suppling over 100TWh of electricity. Last year was a bumper year for solar generation, breaking a number of records including peak […]
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Image: Power Roll. Flexible solar company Power Roll hailed the success of two funding rounds, with a total £5.8 million investment to enable the company to scale-up manufacturing. It received equity investment from 7 Ventures (i7v), Kero Development Partners and RAB Capital of £3 million. Additionally, it converted £1,250,000 loans into equity as part of
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Published: 11 Feb 2021, 12:49 Solar PV is included within the Local Authority allocation of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Image: Nottingham City Council Any of the initial £2 billion promised for the Green Homes Grant that goes unspent this year will not be rolled over. This was confirmed by energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan in a
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Published: 11 Feb 2021, 09:00 Solar installed at Flanders Farm. Image: AC Goatham & Son. BeBa Energy has installed 1.51MW of rooftop solar across four buildings at two sites owned by apple growers AC Goatham & Son. The installation is being lauded as “one of the UK’s largest roof mounted solar panel arrays”, consisting of JASolar
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The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available stream, exploring how worldwide solar deployment could top 200GW in 2021.
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Published: 10 Feb 2021, 14:54 Image: Gov Facility Services Ltd. Plans to rollout solar PV across two Southern England prisons have been unveiled by Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL). Rooftop solar is to be installed at HMP Bure near Norwich in Norfolk, to reduce reliance on the existing electric load by 17% and save 79 tonnes
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SMS managing director John Hall (left) and head of supply chain Phil Norrish (right) break ground at the 50MW battery storage development in Burwell Cambridgeshire. Image: SMS. Smart energy infrastructure company SMS has begun construction on its first battery energy storage project in the UK. The 50MW battery storage development in Burwell, Cambridgeshire will be
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Published: 8 Feb 2021, 12:28 Image: Getty. Solar developments and battery storage are to potentially benefit from new funding for electricity network upgrades designed to facilitate green technology. The funding – with up to £300 million available across the country – comes as part of a joint effort between the distribution network operators (DNOs), Ofgem
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Solar PV is included with the Local Authority Delivery segment of the Green Homes Grant. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned that at its current rate, it will take ten years to meet the government’s Green Homes Grant target. Currently, just 20,000 vouchers for the scheme have been awarded to
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Image: Alectris. Alectris has launched a new global control centre offering remote asset management for solar sites, citing the need for O&M to become more modular. This modular approach is central to the control centre, with Alectris offering a modular service spanning simple monitoring to services such as troubleshooting and preventative maintenance management. The customer