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)

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