Published: 2 Jun 2022, 08:00 Pacific Green Technologies is planning to start construction at the Richborough Energy Park site in July. Image: Pacific Green. Pacific Green Technologies has appointed Instalcom Limited as the principal contractor for its 99.98MW Richborough Energy Park battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kent. Instalcom has also been awarded an operations and […]
Published: 31 May 2022, 12:40 EDF Renewables now has more than 3GW of solar sites at different stages of development. Image: EDF. EDF Renewables has submitted a planning application for another 49.9MW solar farm. The Glassthorpe site, situated between the villages of Flore and Upper Heyford in Northamptonshire, is the latest in a string of
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The Papilio3 has three canopies that can support 36 solar panels. Image: 3ti. British solar carpark developer 3ti has launched a pop-up mini solar car park, dubbed Papilio3. The modular unit combines solar PV with battery energy storage, and can be used to power up to 12 fast electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints. Each unit can
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The Mallard Pass solar project will be located on either side of the East Coast Main Line near Essendine. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). The second consultation phase has opened for the 350MW Mallard Pass solar farm in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, and Rutland. Local residents and stakeholders now have till 4 August to review the updated
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Published: 27 May 2022, 13:15 The new funding is to be used for a battery storage pipeline. Image: Gresham House Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has raised £150 million following it announcing the new share placing earlier this week. The company is to issue 103,448,275 ordinary shares at 1p each in the capital of the company,
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Published: 26 May 2022, 12:13 The 200MW BESS is to alleviate grid constraints and increase utilisation of renewables. Image: Getty A 200MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be located in Heysham, Lancashire has secured planning permission. Forming part of a wider 1GW portfolio under development by Kona Energy, the BESS has been strategically located
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Supply chain challenges have impacted a wide range of sectors, but solar has been particularly hit in compared with other forms of renewables. The average number of downtime days has nearly doubled in the solar sector globally, surging beyond the renewable sector-wide average rises of 38% on 2016 levels. Supply chain woes, spiralling energy prices
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Bluefield Solar Income Fund is working to diversify its portfolio with acquisitions of storage and wind. Image: Bluefield Solar. Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired two 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for £4.5 million as it continues to look to diversify its portfolio. Bluefield Solar has bought the development rights, grid connection and
Statkraft saw three solar projects secure contracts in the RESS auction. Image: Statkraft. Provisional results for the second auction in Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) have been published, showing that 1,534.1MW of solar PV was successful – equivalent to 78% of total capacity. This is in comparison to 414.1MW of onshore wind that was
Published: 16 May 2022, 15:31 The solar installation will provide all of the electricity for the Institute. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). The University of York’s Institute for Safe Autonomy is set to install, inspect and maintain a solar installation entirely using robots. It will form part of a new project, which will turn the centre
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