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

Published: 8 Dec 2020, 12:36 EY has signed a ten-year zero carbon power purchase agreement (PPA) with a UK solar farm in Norfolk, its first in the country. Of the total 21.3GWh of energy generated by the solar farm, EY will use 13GWh, meaning that almost 100% of the electricity the firm purchases direct from

Published: 7 Dec 2020, 11:10 European Energy completed the construction of Italy’s largest solar farm this year. Image: European Energy After securing approval for one of its largest ever solar farms, Danish developer European Energy (EE) has teamed up with North Yorkshire’s Norstar to build 200MW of new projects in the UK. This is to be

Published: 4 Dec 2020, 16:45 Image: Solar & Storage Live/Terrapinn Joju Solar has been crowned Contractor of the Year at the 2020 Solar & Storage Live Awards, which also saw Kaluza take home two new prizes. Joju took the coveted title Contractor of the Year from last years champ Photon Energy, which finally broke EvoEnergy’s

Published: 3 Dec 2020, 12:22 Adur & Worthing Councils have unveiled plans to install rooftop solar PV, ground-mount PV and solar carports totaling 5MW between them. Detailing these plans in their ‘developing opportunities for solar’ document, the two described investing in solar as “a critical part of the councils’ carbon strategy”. They have proposed 0.85MW