The project in Kent will include 373MW of solar and >150MW of battery storage. Image: Pxhere (NC). The UK’s “largest” solar and battery energy storage project, Cleve Hill Solar Park, has started construction, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners confirmed. The specialist global investment manager revealed the Kent-based project, which consists of 373MW of solar and “more than […]

Published: 24 Apr 2023, 16:36 UK’s Gravitricity in US partnership to target IRA funding for projects at coal mines. Image: Gravitricity. British energy storage company Gravitricity has signed an agreement with US firm IEA Infrastructure Construction to seek funds for renewable energy schemes in the US.  The agreement shows that UK-based companies are seeking to

Published: 20 Apr 2023, 10:55 13% of UK business leaders doubt a full renewable energy transition will ever happen. Image: Getty. The renewables arm of German industrial conglomerate BayWa Group has revealed that only 34% of UK business leaders don’t think a full renewable energy transition will be achieved before 2050 in the UK, whilst

Published: 21 Apr 2023, 09:20 Field is currently developing an estimated 500MW of batter storage in the UK. Image: Blandine Schillinger (Pixabay). Field Energy, the UK battery storage developer, has announced it plans to expand into Italy.  The company hired Emanuele Taibias as country general manager and Roberto Nardi as project development lead, who will together lead

Published: 20 Apr 2023, 14:46 The UK contributed the majority of energy storage capacity deployed in Europe last year, according to Enact. Image: Getty. The UK deployed 833MW of battery energy storage in 2022 helping Europe reach 4.5GW of total battery storage capacity the same year, according to data from Enact and Aurora Energy Research respectively. 

Published: 19 Apr 2023, 15:31 British solar and battery developer Renewable Connections and its partner European Energy UK have announced the sale of two “shovel-ready” co-located solar and battery storage projects in Scotland.  The projects are based in Scotland, one at Strathruddie Farm and one at Montreathmont Moor, and have a combined capacity of 121MWdc

The CfD scheme has so far awarded contracts to renewable projects with a total capacity of 26.1GW. Image: Gov.UK. The solar industry has welcomed the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) plans to reform its flagship renewable energy generation scheme to reward applicants for including factors other than price.   This announcement follows the review

Published: 17 Apr 2023, 11:42 Installation of solar PV panels – via Wikimedia Commons Solar Energy UK (SEUK), the solar industry trade association, has published its analysis of the UK government’s proposals for the solar sector published as part of ‘Energy Security Day’ on March 30.  In its analysis of the government’s plans, SEUK welcomed

Published: 13 Apr 2023, 16:30 Image: Powervault London-based company Powervault has secured £3.8 million from climate change investors to develop its battery energy storage manufacturing capabilities.  The company uses behind-the-meter smartSTOR software in its AI battery storage which intelligently learns customer usage to store cheaper off-peak electricity to use during peak hours.  Investors including Green Angel

Atrato set to acquire the solar project from UK developer Harmony Energy. Image: Harmony Energy. Investment company Atrato Onsite Energy has acquired a 50MW ready-to-build solar project in Richmond, North Yorkshire. The project, which will feature ground mounted solar, will be constructed under a fully wrapped engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract. Atrato, which operates under