Published: 6 Jul 2022, 16:03 East Stour is the latest in a string of applications and proposals of 50MW solar farms from the renewables development arm of the French energy giant. Image: EDF Renewables. EDF Renewables has submitted a planning application for another 50MW solar farm, the East Stour Solar Farm in Kent becoming the […]
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Published: 4 Jul 2022, 15:50 Mark Futyan, CEO at Anesco, with Stephen Crabb MP and the Dragon LNG team in Milford Haven for the official ground cutting celebration of the 9.9MW solar PV project. Image: Anesco. Natural gas terminal operator Dragon LNG has partnered with renewables developer Anesco as it looks to transition to renewable energy.
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Published: 28 Jun 2022, 11:09 The tender will provide 10% of of TfL’s required electricity use. Image: Transport for London. A power purchase agreement (PPA) tender has been launched by the Mayor of London as part of ambitions to power the Tube network with 100% renewable electricity. This first tender is aiming to purchase approximately 10%
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Published: 1 Jul 2022, 10:27 Bloy’s Grove is the latest in a slew of 50MW solar projects being pursued by the renewable development arm of French energy giant EDF in the UK and Ireland. Image: EDF Renewables. EDF Renewables has been given the green light to develop its 49.9MW Bloy’s Grove solar farm by South
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Published: 1 Jul 2022, 15:39 The battery consists of more than 4,000 modules in 16 containers. Image: Iberdrola. Spanish utility Iberdrola has commissioned a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Ireland that will contribute to grid security as more renewables come online. Located in County Meath, in the east of the country, the 50MW/25MWh system
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Published: 29 Jun 2022, 10:00 The BESS has secured a grid connection from Western Power Distribution. Image: Getty. Westbridge Energy UK has secured a grid connection for its Fiskerton 53MVA battery energy storage system from Western Power Distribution (WPD). Located at a former RAF airfield in Lincoln, the BESS is to be strategically placed beside
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The new battery energy storage system will utilise the previous Uskmouth coal-fired power plant’s transmission connection. Image: Chris Allen (Geograph). Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has gained project development rights for its 230MW/460MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at former Uskmouth coal fired power station. The Uskmouth power station in Wales closed in 2015, and the new
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Field was launched in 2021 by Amit Gudka (pictured) after he stepped down from energy supplier Bulb. Image: Field. Battery energy storage company Field has secured £77 million in funding as it looks to continue the rapid expansion of its portfolio. This is made up of £30 million of equity funding from early-stage investor Plural,
Published: 23 Jun 2022, 09:55 DORE is intending to use to funds raised to pay off its revolving credit facility and expand its portfolio. Image: DORE. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has raised c.£52.9 million to repay its revolving credit facility. The company received applications for 47,614,000 ordinary shares at a price of 111p
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The data collected by site owners would then be published in an annual Solar Energy UK report. Image: Solar Energy UK. Solar Energy UK has developed a standardised methodology for monitoring biodiversity on solar farms, to help provide a better assessment of changes and aid ecological management. Following the new guidance from the trade association
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