Published: 12 Nov 2020, 11:26 Image: Gateshead Council A programme of solar PV installations – including two urban solar farms – has been approved by Gateshead Council. The two farms will be capable of generating 3MW, with one located on an unused 2.5 hectare site on the Baltic Quarter and one on vacant land next […]

Published: 12 Nov 2020, 11:31 By: In the new episode of the Solar Media Podcast, Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look at the new levelised cost of electricity forecasts for both solar and storage, which are set to become ever cheaper. They look at what the future for energy storage holds on the back

Published: 12 Nov 2020, 12:21 Harmony Energy and FRV’s previous storage site, Holes Bay. Image: Harmony Energy. Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has unveiled its second utility-scale battery project with Harmony Energy, having closed funding and construction contracts. The duo are collaborating on the 34MW/68MWh Contego project, which is made up of a system of 28

Published: 13 Nov 2020, 10:54 Image: Tesco. Tesco has a new partnership with renewable energy investor Low Carbon to create three new solar farms as it looks to ‘play its part’ in decarbonisation. The major sustainable energy project will help generate 130GWh of energy per year from the sites in Essex, Anglesey and Oxfordshire. This Power

Published: 13 Nov 2020, 12:05 Image: Wight Community Energy. Wight Community Energy has been awarded £68,250 to develop a number of renewable energy projects including work on the Homestead solar farm at Shalfleet. The funding from independent trust Power to Change will allow the Isle of Wight-based group to work on monitoring and improving the

Published: 13 Nov 2020, 12:59 Historically, batteries have been developed below 50MW – like Gresham House Energy Storage Fund’s 40MW Glassenbury site (pictured) – due to the length and cost of the NSIP process. Image: Gresham House. Planning law in the UK allowing energy storage projects over 50MW has officially changed, allowing much bigger projects

Published: 13 Nov 2020, 14:47 Image: DORE. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has published its Prospectus after outlining plans to raise £200 million earlier this month. This funding is to be raised via a placing, offer of subscription and an intermediaries offer of ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the company

Mustang Two Whirlaway, a 100 MW solar project in Kings County, Calif., has officially started operating and will generate clean and affordable power for Peninsula Clean Energy customers. “This is yet more new steel in the ground that will help our customers and the broader community take another important step toward all-renewable power and reducing

The California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) says community choice aggregators (CCAs) in the state have to date signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) for more than 6,000 MW with new-build clean energy resources. The total includes almost 5,000 MW in executed renewable energy PPAs – an increase of 1,700 MW compared to a year ago

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has made selections for $130 million in new projects to advance solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 67 research projects across 30 states that reduce the cost of solar, increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and improve the