Macquarie’s Green Investment Group’s solar rollout with supermarket chain Tesco will be consolidated into Cero. Image: Tesco. Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has launched a new European solar energy company, Cero Generation. The new company will consolidate GIG’s existing and future European solar activities. As such, it is launching with a portfolio of 8GW over […]

The battery storage would be mainly co-located with existing operational solar sites. Foresight Solar Fund is looking to diversify its portfolio with the addition of utility-scale battery storage systems. If approved by shareholders, up to 10% of the company’s Gross Asset Value (GAV) could be invested into the technology, which would predominantly be located adjacent

Published: 28 Jan 2021, 11:28 Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). West Berkshire Council has announced plans for a new £10 million solar farm to help in its transition to carbon neutrality by 2030. The farm could be built on land near Grazeley, the council stated, and consist of more than 45,000 solar panels installed over 75

Rooftop solar thermal. Image: Julian (Flickr). The government’s Green Homes Grant (GHG) scheme is reportedly in chaos, with growing debt and job losses as installers are being left out of pocket. According to an article published by The Guardian, many installers have yet to be paid for the work they have done by the American firm

Published: 27 Jan 2021, 12:05 The design plan for Larks Green. Image: LDA Design/Enso Energy. Planning approval has been given for the first two solar and battery sites in Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Enso’s pipeline.  The 49.9MW Larks Green Solar Farm is located on land north and west of the Iron Acton substation in

Published: 26 Jan 2021, 12:23 Image: Britishvolt Britishvolt has unveiled a new senior hire, with William Reynolds joining as chief financial officer. Reynold’s appointment at the company – which is currently looking to build the UK’s first lithium-ion Gigafactory – follows previous CFO and senior executive roles at firms such as AMOCO, TAQA, Prisma Energy,

Eelpower’s Rock Farm storage site in Shropshire. Image: Eelpower. Energy storage company Eelpower has signed a joint venture (JV) with SUSI Infrastructure Partners (SUSI) as its funding round comes to an end. As part of the JV, the company will construct and operate a pipeline of new build battery storage assets. The first of these

Published: 25 Jan 2021, 12:29 Wärtsilä will provide grid balancing services and reserve power to Scotland’s Shetland Islands with the supply of its advanced 8 MW/6 MWh energy storage system to the Lerwick Power Station. ©SSEN Technology group Wärtsilä is to deliver an 8MW/6MWh energy storage system on the Shetland Islands in Scotland. The system

Image: Canadian Solar. Solar giant Canadian Solar and Windel Capital are teaming up for a 1.4GWp pipeline of solar in a bid to boost their UK presence. Having signed a project development agreement for the pipeline, the two companies are expecting the first of these projects to reach ready-to-build status in the second half of 2021.