Published: 23 Nov 2021, 11:49 By: Climate activisits including Greta Thunberg derided the Glasgow Climate Pact. The renewables sector has now had a few weeks to digest the Glasgow Climate Pact and in this episode of the Solar Media Podcast, brought to you in collaboration with Solar Energy UK, we hear the verdict directly from […]

The funds raised will be used to expand ORIT’s existing portfolio of projects which includes UK solar sites such as the 61.1MW Penyrheollas solar farm (pictured). Image: Octopus Renewables. Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has announced its intention to conduct a placing of up to 70,000,000 new ordinary shares to raise around £73.9 million. Shares

Strategic Power Project’s 185MW Monvallet solar-plus-storage site is to receive a grid connection through the process. Image: Strategic Power Projects. Eirgrid and ESB Networks have released the full list of renewable energy projects to receive grid connection offers in Ireland through their enduring connection policy (ECP) process, with solar PV representing the majority of these.

Published: 19 Nov 2021, 10:48 Atrato Onsite Energy will initially focus on developing commercial rooftop solar. Image: Scott Webb (Unsplash). New renewables investment trust Atrato Onsite Energy has raised gross proceeds of £150 million though an oversubscribed Initial Placing, Offer for Subscription and Intermediaries Offer (IPO). The company received investor demand covering the maximum IPO

NESF’s portfolio generated 539GWh during the period. Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund’s (NESF) total installed capacity now stands at 895MW, with the company continuing to focus on long-term corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). Releasing its interim results for the period ended 30 September, NESF highlighted how the addition of five solar assets has increased its

Published: 19 Nov 2021, 11:50 Custom Solar installed 6.5MW of solar capacity on the Port of Hull. Image: Custom Solar. Commercial rooftop solar company Custom Solar has secured £4.8 million in new lending from Virgin Money. The company – which specialises in the design, development, installation and maintenance of rooftop PV systems – will use

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