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)

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