Published: 2 Dec 2020, 17:08 John Bloomfield, SolarCentric on the left, and Jeff Jenkins, Centregreat on the right demonstrating one of the solar powered carports. Image: SOLARWATT. SOLARWATT has teamed up with Centregreat Group to develop solar-power electric vehicle (EV) carports with built-in battery packs. The German manufacturer’s solar glass-glass photovoltaic panels will be integrated into […]

Published: 2 Dec 2020, 16:17 Midsummer has rebranded to mark its 15th anniversary. Image: Midsummer. PV wholesaler Midsummer Energy has rebranded to bring a “modern and distinctive feel” to the business as it moves to a new head office and sets sights on expansion. It has reworked the logo, colour scheme and font the company has

Published: 1 Dec 2020, 12:47 Image: PACE. UK-headquartered developer Pathfinder Clean Energy’s (PACE) largest project in the country has taken a significant step forwards. Following the completion of the community consultation for the 23MWp ground-mounted solar scheme near Attleborough, 15 miles south-west of Norwich, Norfolk, the company is submitting planning permission. The site will use

Published: 30 Nov 2020, 14:34 GRID’s 50MW Wickham Market battery storage site. Image: GRID. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has completed the acquisition of the 50MW Wickham battery project for £32.75 million. It is located near Wickham Market in Suffolk, and has c.50MW/40MW export/import capacity, and 74MWh storage capacity. It is already connected to

Published: 30 Nov 2020, 00:01 Render of the DP Word London Gateway project. Image: InterGen. InterGen has gained planning consent for the UK’s largest battery storage project, which will be built at DP Word London Gateway on the Thames Estuary in Essex. The £200 million project will add at least 320MW/640MWh of capacity, with the

Published: 27 Nov 2020, 15:19 Helen Mahy, 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 raised £200 million in its most recent share allocation. TRIG announced on 23 November its intention to issue 160 million New Ordinary Shares to

Image: Scott Webb (Unsplash). Renewable energy investor Thrive Renewables has developed a new financing framework for commercial solar arrays with Olympus Power. The framework will providing funding for the solar developer to install hundreds of commercial arrays, with Olympus targeting up to £75 million of commercial solar installations. Matthew Clayton, managing director at Thrive Renewables,

Published: 25 Nov 2020, 11:10 Image: Hive Energy. Hive Energy has acquired a 50% share of sustainable energy generation company Ethical Power Group. This will facilitate the delivery of over 2GW of solar projects according to the solar developer, combining both companies’ significant portfolios. Tenders have already been submitted to construct over 1.2GW of assets

Image: The Phoenix Works. Solar PV, battery storage and end-to-end EV charging company The Phoenix Works has been acquired by Liberty Global. The move follows the company’s previous parent company Retig going into administration in September. Following this, energy company Tonik Energy which was also owned by the company, went bust in October. Since then,

Published: 25 Nov 2020, 12:46 Image: Triodos Bank. Triodos Bank has launched an £850,000 renewable energy bond offer on its crowdfunding platform to finance the operational 5MW Ferry Farm solar site. The farm – which was built in 2016 – is located in Selsey near Chichester and consists of 18,700 solar panels. It was initially