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) […]

Published: 5 Nov 2020, 13:33 Last year’s Solar & Storage Live Awards at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. Solar & Storage Live is delighted to announce this year’s shortlist for the Solar & Storage Live Awards, which will take place from the 2 – 4 December 2020. We have had a great number of nominations

Published: 6 Nov 2020, 12:35 Image: Highview Power Highview Power has begun site work for its 50MW/250MWh liquid air energy storage facility in Greater Manchester. The CRYOBattery – as it has been dubbed – is being developed with Carlton Power and is to enter into commercial operation in 2023, with the intention of generating revenue

Glyncollen Primary School in Swansea, Wales. Image: Egni Co-op. Swansea has continued its solar power rollout, with the Egni Co-op announcing the completion of two more projects. A 30kWp system consisting of 80 panels has been installed at Portmead Primary School and a 24kWp system with 64 panels at Glyncollen Primary School. The new installations

Published: 10 Nov 2020, 11:43 Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has outlined plans to “significantly increase” its portfolio as it launches a new share issuance programme. The programme is to be conducted over the next 12 months through a number of tranches, with the first of these to include

Published: 16 Nov 2020, 13:03 Image: Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is looking to raise £45 million through a share placing to repay its drawn revolving credit facility, opening up its acquisition options.   The company and its group saw its total outstanding debt increase to £328.2 million, including £44.1m drawn

Published: 16 Nov 2020, 11:40 Combined solar carports and energy storage facilities at Aviva’s Perth office. Image: Aviva. Insurance company Aviva has opened one of the UK’s largest combined solar and energy storage carports at its Perth Office. The installation includes 3,283 solar PV panels set to generate 812,000kWh. Around 77% of that figure will

Published: 10 Nov 2020, 12:28 A battery housed at the back of a bus, with AceOn to trial using these batteries for second life energy storage systems. Image: AceOn. A trial exploring the use of second life bus batteries for storing solar energy has been awarded £130,000 of funding. This comes from the Sustainable Innovation

Solar Power Satellite in geosynchronous orbit delivering power to the UK. Image: Frazer-Nash Consultancy The UK government has commissioned a new study to look at the feasibility of space-based solar power (SBSP). Originally featured in the work of science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov in 1941, as the cost of solar panels and space travel continue to

Image: Getty. Solar is expected to account for 60% of new renewable capacity additions by 2025 as it records stable growth in 2020. This is according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which released new analysis showing that renewables as a whole are to report a growth of around 7% this year, with the figure having