Published: 24 Nov 2020, 12:58 Image: Lightsource BP Lightsource BP has appointed Craig Love as its new global head of structured finance to lead the company’s future growth ambitions. Love previously held the role of managing director of Natwest Structured Finance, working on the bank’s investment into renewables and solar for a decade. He also […]

Published: 24 Nov 2020, 09:47 Image: BEIS. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed solar will be allowed to compete in next year’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) round, but specific details have yet to be revealed. In a statement and consultation response released today, BEIS has confirmed the fourth allocation round

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has outlined how it is continuing to pursue a 150MW subsidy-free portfolio as it reports high levels of generation. In its half year results to 30 September 2020, the company said that it had now achieved 64MW of operating subsidy-free solar in this portfolio, with the 8.5MW High Garett being energised in

Published: 23 Nov 2020, 16:25 Image: AceOn A virtual power plant (VPP) combining solar and battery storage has been launched by AceOn in a bid to maximise renewable usage. The Renewergy VPP system – which utilises batteries from Germany firm BMZ and inverters from Italian company Delios – has an efficiency greater than 97% with

Published: 23 Nov 2020, 12:27 Low Carbon Ltd has agreed a deal with social enterprise Low Carbon Hub for the rights to a 19MW solar farm with battery storage potential. The Ray Valley Solar farm  – which will generate 18GWh per year – is to be the largest community-owned solar farm in the UK, according

Published: 23 Nov 2020, 12:51 Image: Andy Aitchison/Riding Sunbeams. The 3.75MW Cuckmere Community Solar Farm is to directly power the Eastbourne-London mainline railway in a world-first project. Riding Sunbeams launched its first demonstrator project – a 30kW solar test unit which powered a railway in Aldershot – in 2019. It is now to use the

Published: 20 Nov 2020, 16:14 Image: Bluefield. Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has successfully raised £45 million through a share placing it said was significantly oversubscribed. The company placed a total of 36,500,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 124p each, in the over-subscribed placing round. BSIF announced the share placing on Monday, in

Image: ReneSola. International solar developer ReneSola Power has signed a joint venture (JV) with Innova to develop a pipeline of utility scale solar in the UK. Together they will create a JV company to continue the development of the existing 50MW pipeline, as well as extending it by at least a further 50MW of utility

Image: Gore Street. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has applied to triple its capacity in the Republic of Ireland, up to a total of 180MW. The company’s current portfolio in the country is made up of the Porterstown 30MW project and the 30MW Kilmannock project, with applications to expand the grid connection submitted for both

Published: 19 Nov 2020, 10:36 Swindon Borough Council’s 30MW Mannington project. Image: SWGT. Independent battery energy storage system (BESS) asset manager Still Waters Green Technology (SWGT) has acquired Swindon Borough Council’s 30MW Mannington project. The site will now be developed jointly by council owned Public Power Solutions (PPS) and SWGT, and will see 25-container all-in-one Lithium