Scotland’s first floating solar demonstrator to be launched in 2023, says Nova Innovation. Image: Nova Innovation. Nova Innovation, a tidal energy company, has announced the addition of floating solar to its portfolio with its first demonstrator to be launched in 2023. Nova already offers a start to finish service for tidal turbines (from consenting, design, […]

Published: 13 Apr 2023, 12:15 The team from Cheesecake Energy, whose solution a combination of thermal and compressed air energy storage. Image: Cheesecake Energy. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is providing £30 million in grants for three long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects using novel energy storage technologies. The three projects awarded

Published: 11 Apr 2023, 12:56 Despite the revenue increase in 2022, GRID noted that it is yet to experience potential cost decreases – in relation to insurance for example – as forecast. Image: GRID. Delays in the growth of Britain’s battery energy storage system (BESS) sector helped boost Gresham House Energy Storage Fund’s (GRID) portfolio

Published: 4 Apr 2023, 16:43 The project is part of a pipeline of large-scale battery storage projects in the UK funded by BW Energy Storage Systems. Image: BW ESS. UK battery storage developer Penso Power has won planning permission on appeal for a 100MW/250MWh battery storage project in Bramley, Hampshire.  The project is part of

Solar has been installed to provide green energy to a site in Gloucester. Image: Vodafone. Telecommunications company Vodafone has installed its first on-site solar panels at a mobile telephone exchange (MTX) network site in Gloucester. The site, which houses technology used to route phone calls and data to and from mobile devices, will use electricity

Greencoat UK Solar and Innova partnership aims to deliver 5GW renewables pipeline. Image: Greencoat UK A new partnership has been agreed between Schroders Greencoat LLP and Innova Renewables to develop solar and battery storage projects in the UK.  The two companies have jointly established ISG Renewables, a platform which aims to finance and develop 5GW

The green hydrogen project will produce 120,000kg of the clean energy carrier per year. Image: Ethical Power. The 5MW Whites Pit solar farm in Wimborne, Dorset, has been commissioned by renewable energy Ethical Power to provide power to the Dorset Green Hydrogen project. The solar project has been commissioned on behalf of Canford Renewable Energy, an

An image of the Octopus logo on its company office. Image: Octopus Energy. Octopus Energy has signed its first solar contract in Japan with Yotsuya Capital, as it continues to invest in the Japanese energy market.  The company said the contract was an “initial seven figure investment, which was made on behalf of the Sky

Published: 4 Apr 2023, 13:45 NTR says that the BESS systems respond in 150 milliseconds to balance the grid by discharging electricity. Image: Michal Osmenda (Wikimedia). Sustainable infrastructure investor, NTR, has announced the deployment of two battery energy storage systems in Co. Wexford, Ireland. The 9MW BESS situated in Gorey entered the Delivering a Secure,

Published: 31 Mar 2023, 14:17 The paper announced the creation of a new solar installation task force. Image: Pixabay. The UK Government’s revised energy security strategy titled Powering Up Britain, published on ‘Green Day’ (30 March) has committed to a number of measures that it predicts will double the UK’s solar portfolio by 2050. Referencing