Image: Portsmouth City Council. Custom Solar has been chosen to deliver Portsmouth City Council’s ‘ground-breaking’ solar and battery installation at Portsmouth International Port. The system will incorporate roof-mounted solar panels across several buildings, as well as a large battery and solar canopies. Overall, the 750kW peak system will include 1,670 solar panels, capable of contributing 30% of […]

Published: 22 Dec 2020, 10:24 Image: Oxford PV. Oxford PV is lauding a new record with its perovskite solar cell, which is able to convert 29.5% of solar energy into electricity. This has been certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory located in Colorado, US, according to the company, and is in comparison to the

Image: Moixa. The government should reverse the VAT rise for home energy storage to help deliver up to 86,000 jobs and boost UK manufacturing. In an open letter to the government, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) and a coalition of 30 industry groups have called for changes to the controversial rise

Published: 18 Dec 2020, 15:21 Image: Thrive Renewables Thrive Renewables is to acquire a 5MW/7.5MWh battery storage facility from Eclipse Power Generation. Located at Wicken, just outside of Milton Keynes, the battery – which is to be constructed by summer 2021 – is to be Thrive Renewables’ first foray into the market. It is to

Published: 18 Dec 2020, 12:23 TRIG chairman Helen Mahy CBE with RES chairman Gavin McAlpine and Scottish minister Ivan McKee at the Broxburn Energy Storage facility in 2018. Image: RES. The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has secured a £500 million ESG-linked SONIA credit facility to support its new investments. It has therefore successfully refinanced and

Published: 17 Dec 2020, 11:58 Image: Lumcloon Energy. A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having been developed as part of a partnership between local developer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea’s Hanwha Group. Writing on social media site LinkedIn, Irish network operator ESB Networks said it had

Published: 17 Dec 2020, 10:46 Image: RES. Octopus Renewables has signed a three-year spares management contract with RES as it continues to grow its solar portfolio in the UK. The agreement will see RES supply inverter spares, requiring it to own over 100 compatible spare parts and deliver these on-demand. This will improve the availability of

Published: 16 Dec 2020, 12:56 EDF Renewables’ 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm has taken another step forward as its planning application goes before South Holland District Council. The planning application – the first for a large scale solar farm project in the UK submitted by the company – follows a consultation with local people, along