In less than a week, the Solar and Storage Live conference and exhibition will kick off, returning to Birmingham’s NEC Arena from 23-25 November. Solar Media, Solar Power Portal’s publisher, sold the exhibition to international events company Terrapinn in 2018, but will be maintaining its presence at the solar and storage trade exhibition and be […]

Harmony Energy has been developing BESS projects in the UK since 2019, including the 7.5MW/15MWh Holes Bay battery project (pictured). Image: Harmony Energy. Harmony Energy has partnered with global clean energy group TagEnergy for two grid-scale battery energy storage projects in England and Scotland. As part of the pair’s joint venture (JV) the two will

Published: 18 Nov 2021, 10:48 Aukera Energy is to initially target projects in the UK, Italy, Germany, Romania and Poland. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). AtlasInvest backed Aukera Energy has announced plans to deliver 2.7GW of renewable energy projects across Europe. The new company is to focus initially on the UK, as well as Italy, Germany,

Published: 15 Nov 2021, 11:26 SolarEdge Home is designed to manage, monitor and optimise solar energy production, consumption and storage in real-time, allowing homeowners to more efficiently manage energy within their homes. Image: SolarEdge. SolarEdge Technologies is expanding its residential portfolio in the UK, introducing a new smart energy management system. The SolarEdge Home will

Published: 12 Nov 2021, 12:00 Blackfinch Energy now has a porftolio of nearly 100MW of renewables, including ground-mount and rooftop solar PV. Blackfinch Energy has acquired a 25MW solar project from clean energy solutions provider Enviromena, as it looks to continue to grow its portfolio. The Three Maids Solar Farm is located near Winchester in

Published: 11 Nov 2021, 12:07 AceOn founder Mark Thompson. Image: AceOn. Telford-based battery and energy storage company AceOn is to showcase its new residential energy storage battery at the upcoming Solar and Storage Live conference at Birmingham’s NEC. The AceOn2.6 will have a warranty of ten years or 7,000 cycles and a capacity of 2.6kWh.

Published: 11 Nov 2021, 11:25 The £1 million programme is to support Bristol’s goal of being net zero by 2030. Image: Bristol City Council. Ameresco is to design, supply and install solar PV systems to 175 homes across Bristol and North Somerset. This comes as part of the £1 million Bright Green Homes Project from

Published: 10 Nov 2021, 10:29 A rendering of Canadian Solar / Recurrent Energy’s Slate solar-plus-storage project located in California, US. Image: Canadian Solar. Following a commitment to develop 1.4GWp of solar together, Windel Energy and Canadian Solar are now to also co-develop 1.5GW of UK battery energy storage systems (BESS). The two have signed a

Published: 10 Nov 2021, 11:58 The location of the Walton Solar PV Farm. Image: HBS New Energies HBS New Energies is to develop and deliver Affinity Water’s solar PV programme, with a 553kWp ground-mounted array under construction. The farm, which is due to be completed in early 2022, is the first project to be delivered

Published: 9 Nov 2021, 12:12 The ground mount solar farm was installed by Vital Energi. Image: Vital Energi via Twitter The Brynwhillach Solar Farm, which is to generate 4MW of zero-carbon electricity for Morriston Hospital in Swansea, has begun to export. The 10,000 panels making up the solar farm were installed by Vital Energi, as was the