Published: 17 Jan 2022, 14:07 Members of the Gravitricity team at the Staříč mine site, where the full scale project may be located. Image: Gravitricity. Energy storage firm Gravitricity has secured new project support led by the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its plans to build a full scale 4-8MW project in a former mine […]

Published: 14 Jan 2022, 15:05 The 50MW/100MWh BESS is to be located in Yorkshire. Image: Andy Harbach (Flickr) Econergy Renewable Energy has kicked off a 800MW pipeline of UK storage with the acquisition of a 50MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). This pipeline – which is to have an expected 1,600MWh capacity – is to be developed

Iberdrola already has a 3MW portfolio of solar projects in the UK. Image: Iberdrola. Iberdrola has become one of the biggest solar players in the UK, after acquiring 17 PV projects from Elgin Energy and Lightsource BP. The projects – which are at the preconstruction phase – have a combined capacity of more than 800MW,

The latest CfD round, which opened in December, is the first to include solar PV since the first auction. Image: Getty. With high wholesale prices alongside lowered levy rates, electricity suppliers are to receive reconciliation payments for their Contracts for Difference (CfD) contributions for the first time. While generators receive top-up payments to the strike price

Bellway has been installing Viridian’s roof-integrated solar panels on homes since 2019. Image: Viridian Solar. Viridian Solar has extended its partnership with housebuilder Bellway, which will see its Clearline fusion roof-integrated solar systems installed on many new homes. The new National Supply Agreement builds on the companies’ initial partnership signed in 2019, extending it out

Published: 12 Jan 2022, 11:00 If approved, Gate Burton will be one of an emerging class of NSIP solar projects. Image: Getty. Low Carbon has opened a consultation into its 500MW Gate Burton solar and energy storage park in Lincolnshire. The energy park will sit on one site, located in the West Lindsay District near

BWCE installation at Bath and North East Somerset’s council offices. Image: Bath and West Community Energy. Community energy is being ignored and abandoned by government, despite claims of world-leading net zero policy, according to Community Energy England. The organisation has called on the government to support community energy to allow it to reach its full

Published: 10 Jan 2022, 10:07 The Skelton Grange site, where 100MW of battery storage is to be constructed. Image: Catalyst Capital European investor Catalyst Capital has acquired a site in Yorkshire for the development of a 100MW battery facility as part of its £300 million battery storage strategy. The leasehold interest in the brownfield site

Cover image – The UK’s solar pipeline now consists of 37GWpdc of utility-scale projects at different stages of planning. Image: Lightsource bp. UK solar activity during 2021 can be seen as transformational on many levels: the emergence of a sustainable subsidy-free rooftop segment; overall deployment levels that saw almost equal contribution from ground-mount and rooftop

Gresham House’s Glassenbury battery storage asset. Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund is targeting a market share of c.25% to 30% in the UK and Ireland in 2022 following an increase in earnings over 2021. Indeed, in a trading update for the full year to 31 December, the fund outlined