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

City of London. Image: Colin/Wikipedia Commons. The City of London has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Voltalia for a 49MW solar farm in Dorset, in what it claims is a first of its kind deal in the UK. It will allow the authority to benefit from renewable energy from the new-build 95,000 panel

Solar and storage technologies were conspicuously absent from Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. Released late last night, the Prime Ministers pledges include increased funding for carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and nuclear, as well as reiterating the commitment to grow the offshore wind sector to 40GW by 2030. Importantly, the

Image: EDF. EDF Renewables has announced another 49.9MW solar farm, as it continues its UK solar push. It is planning to develop the solar farm – Bloy’s Grove – on a site between the villages of Swainsthorpe and Mulbarton, just south of Norwich, in South Norfolk. The company has already carried out a number of

Image: Social Energy. UK based smart energy technology provider Social Energy has expanded into Australia with a new solar and storage offer in its first step outside its home market. The company is partnering with Duracell to offer a system that utilises its artificial intelligence platform and virtual power plant technology to save Australian households

Published: 2 Nov 2020, 11:16 Image: DORE. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) is intending to raise £200 million through an initial public offering (IPO) to invest in a portfolio of renewables including solar PV. It is expecting to secure an option to acquire a seed portfolio of up to £50 million comprising of c.96MWp of

Published: 2 Nov 2020, 11:18 Cowdown solar farm. Image: Solarcentury. Renewable energy giant Statkraft has acquired UK headquartered Solarcentury for £117.7 million in a bid to accelerate its growth in the solar sector. The move will see Norway’s state-owned company gain access to a 6GW pipeline of solar in Europe and South America. When this

The solar sector has welcomed the including of solar PV with the Green Homes Grant’s local authority allocation. As part of the government’s £2 billion Green Homes Grant, £500 million of funding will be allocated to local authorities for helping to improve the energy efficiency of homes of low-income households. The Local Authority Delivery (LAD)