Published: 14 Apr 2022, 13:05 The Stargoose solar farm will include a range of biodiversity enhancement measures. Image: Statkraft. Statkraft has gained planning permission for its 50MW Stargoose solar farm from South Cambridgeshire Planning Committee. The site will include batteries for energy storage and biodiversity enhancements, with an estimated 141% biodiversity net gain expected from […]

Published: 13 Apr 2022, 12:03 Aura Power is also developing solar power sites, such as the Litchardon Cross site (pictured). Image: Aura Power. Developer Aura Power has secured planning permission for 190MW of battery energy storage projects across two sites. The 100MW Blaydon project at Newburn Bridge Road has been approved by Gateshead Council. It

Published: 12 Apr 2022, 10:27 Queimadelos co-founded Spanish renewables company T-Solar. Image: Cero Generation Cero Generation has hired Marta Martinez Queimadelos as its new chief executive officer, with Queimadelos having joined the board in November 2021. Queimadelos was formerly CEO and co-founder of Spanish renewables company T-Solar, while in 1998 she co-founded telecommunications company Comunitel.

As of December, Gresham House has eight battery storage projects in construction. Image: Gresham House Gresham House Energy Storage Fund is transitioning towards a trading-centric business model, with the company to upgrade all of its enhanced frequency response (EFR) battery storage sites to two-hour durations. In its full year results to 31 December 2021, the

Published: 6 Apr 2022, 13:45 Downing said the extension reflects the strong operational profile of its solar assets. Image: Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust Downing LLP has completed the extension of a £30 million term loan facility with NatWest for a c.48MWp solar portfolio in England and Northern Ireland. The loan facility was initially agreed

Published: 8 Apr 2022, 10:38 Whitecross is expected to be energised during Q1 2023. Image: NESF Following a deferral of the original kick off date, construction has now begun on NextEnergy Solar Fund’s (NESF) bifacial, subsidy-free Whitecross solar site. Originally due to start construction in H2 2021, the 36MW solar farm was delayed as a

The British Energy Security Strategy has been met by a mixed reaction in the energy sector, with some welcoming its support of renewables while others view it as a missed opportunity. Image: Getty. The British Energy Security Strategy, unveiled today, has detailed an aim of increasing the country’s solar capacity five-fold. The strategy has been

Published: 6 Apr 2022, 15:18 The Little Crow Solar Farm will sit across 226 hectares in Lincolnshire. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). INRG Solar has been granted a development consent order (DCO) for its 150MWp Little Crow Solar Farm. It is the second solar Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) to be granted such by the Planning

Published: 5 Apr 2022, 16:26 Deputy climate change minister Lee Waters MS speaking with children at Caerleon Comprehensive School about solar power. Image: gov.wales. Solar co-operative Egni is to install solar panels on three schools, a care home and a crematorium in Newport, after receiving more than £2 million in Welsh government funding. Egni has been

Expanding shared ownership models is one way of supporting solar uptake among a wider range of people, the research found. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). New research from the University of Sussex has highlighted how increased government support is needed to make solar viable for a range of consumers. Particularly, increased support is needed to make