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

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