Published: 16 Dec 2020, 08:00 Image: Beech Developments Viridian Solar has sealed a new group deal with Welsh housebuilder Beech Developments. The housebuilder will now exclusively use Viridian’s Clearline fusion roof-integrated solar panels for its homes, building around 120 a year in locations across the North of Wales. It builds eco-features into its houses as […]

Published: 15 Dec 2020, 14:11 77 homes will be fitted with solar PV systems in the Dukes Quarter development. Image: Taylor Wimpey Renewables installation company HBS New Energies is to supply an array of clean energy systems for up to 77 residential properties under construction in Hampshire. The project will see solar PV panels, battery storage and electric

Published: 15 Dec 2020, 12:38 The 50MW Drumkee battery energised last month. Image: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has raised gross proceeds of £60 million from an initial placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer. These – together the initial issue – will help it to acquire new projects in

Published: 15 Dec 2020, 11:07 Solar installed at the Inverness Water Treatment Works. Image: Scottish Water Work has started on Scottish Water’s latest solar installation, which is also set to include Invinity Energy Systems vanadium flow batteries. The £2 million project is the largest single solar energy investment made by Scottish Water Horizons and will

Modelling as part of the government’s long-awaited energy white paper shows that between 80-120GW of new solar could be needed by 2050 in higher scenarios. This is despite the energy white paper itself not unveiling any new policy or funding for the technology, although it does make reference to the opening up of the Contracts

Image: Keele University. Keele University has signed a 25-year agreement with ENGIE that will see 15,000 solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage installed to support the institution’s carbon neutral pledge. The renewables will collectively provide up to 50% of the campus’s electricity needs when constructed, with any excess electricity fed back into the local

Published: 10 Dec 2020, 10:43 Image: HBS New Energies. HBS New Energies has signed an exclusive solar PV and electric vehicle (EV) charging deal with Bewley Homes. The deal will see HBS install the low carbon technologies to ensure Bewley Homes’ housing developments meet all renewable energy and EV charging planning conditions where required, providing

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has opened a new, UK-based renewable energy investment platform entitled Renewable Power Capital Limited (RPC). The platform will target solar, battery storage and onshore wind investments among other technologies across the UK and Europe more broadly, and will be backed by CPP Investments’ multi-billion Power & Renewables investment strategy.

Published: 9 Dec 2020, 17:09 PVcase’s 2.0 software. Image: PVcase. Solar engineering company PVcase has launched the second iteration of its design software. PVcase 2.0 will provide engineers with the ability to produce location and time-based shading projections, and their impact on generation along with other civil design tools. Engineers can optimise system economics and address design

To reach net zero, the UK should target 85GW of solar by 2050 according to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) landmark new report. This would equate to an average install of 3GW per year, with an estimated levelised cost of £40/MWh by the middle of the century. This would see solar generate 10-15% of the