Published: 5 May 2023, 10:45 Home solar and EV installation design. Image: Otovo Residential solar marketplace Otovo says solar installation prices fell by 13% in a six month period to March 2023 for British households. Otovo, a Norwegian company which launched in the UK in February, expects both the cost of panels and labour to […]

Image: SSE Energy Solutions. SSE Energy Solutions has provided technology to help manage the operation of a 2MW battery at The University of Sheffield. The local energy infrastructure division of SSE is set to install its Enhance platform to optimise the 2MW battery storage asset which is situated within the £4 million Willenhall Energy Storage

Published: 4 May 2023, 15:05 Image: Schroders Greencoat Schroders Capital has announced that it has received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority for its second Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF), and the first dedicated to renewable energy. The fund, to be managed by Schroders Greencoat, is the first LTAF authorised to have an investment remit

Wärtsilä is developing a similar project with EDF which is set to begin construction in Spring 2023. Image: Wärtsilä. Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a repeat order with EDF Renewables UK to deliver a 57MW/114MWh grid-scale energy storage system (ESS) in Bramford. The order, which was booked in the first quarter of 2023 and is

Alfen is a Netherlands-based company active internationally in the energy storage and smart grid markets. Image: Alfen NV. Centrica Business Solutions is set to deploy a 24MW/54MWh two-hour-plus battery energy storage system (BESS) in Belgium via Alfen, a Netherlands-based company. Alfen will provide its ‘TheBattery’ BESS product for the project in Oostende, which is set

Published: 27 Apr 2023, 12:37 Q1 2023 94% increase on solar PV installations in the first quarter of 2019. Image MCS. According to the latest data from the Microgeneration Certifications Scheme (MCS) there were 50,719 MCS certified domestic solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Q1 this year – a 114% increase from the same period in 2021.

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust acquires solar portfolio for £12.6 million. Image: Pxhere (NC). Investment trust Downing Renewables and Infrastructure Trust has acquired a 13MWp UK solar portfolio and rooftop solar assets for £12.6 million. The solar assets, which consists of an operational ground-mounted solar portfolio spread across two sites and approximately 1,600 commercial and

Published: 28 Apr 2023, 13:10 New research says ‘Solar consultant’ is the second most searched for job globally. Image: Pxhere NC. Job search website Lensa has published data revealing that working as a solar consultant is the second most in demand job around the world.  Lensa’s internal data from job searches across the globe calculates

EDF Renewables is also eyeing a 114MW battery storage asset in Norwich. Image: EDF Renewables. SUSI-Eelpower, a joint venture between SUSI Partners and Eelpower, and EDF Energy have brought Scotland’s “largest” standalone battery storage asset online, the companies said. The battery energy storage asset, which is situated in Dundee and has an output of 50MW, is

Published: 26 Apr 2023, 14:07 The 50MW ‘Dyce’ project has a connection date of September 2025. Image: ILI. The Scottish energy storage developer, ILI  Group has announced a sales tender for a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland. The ‘Dyce’ project has a connection date of September 2025 with the sales tender opening to