According to Lucy Whitford from RES, there is a demand from investors for co-located and hybrid project, which benefit from solar as well as storage and other renewables. To coincide with energy day at the COP26 climate conference on Thursday 4 November, trade association Solar Energy UK ran a series of sessions on panel discussions […]

Published: 8 Nov 2021, 10:29 Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). Evolution Power has unveiled plans for a 165MW solar and storage project near Ashford in Kent. Stonestreet Green Solar will sit on land near Aldington, and connect to the nearby Sellindge substation. Its generation capacity will be up to 165MW, but its export capacity will be

Published: 5 Nov 2021, 11:56 Harmony Energy’s Contego battery storage asset, which it jointly developed with FRV. Image: Harmony Energy. Harmony Energy has raised gross proceeds of £186.5 million through the placing and offer for subscription of its Initial Public Offering (IPO). First announced last month, the IPO has seen the company issue 210 million

The 350MW site will need to be submitted as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, and approved by the secretary of state for BEIS. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). A new joint venture between Windel Energy and Canadian Solar dubbed Mallard Pass Solar Farm Limited has announced a 350MW project. If built, the project would sit across

This is ILI’s fifth battery storage deal in the last year. Image: ILI Group. Field has acquired its third battery energy storage asset, taking on the ILI Group’s 50MW Auchteraw battery energy storage project. Located near Fort Augustus in the Highlands, the acquisition follows that of Field Oldham (20MW) and Field Gerrards Cross (20MW) earlier

Published: 2 Nov 2021, 11:44 One of Anesco’s operational solar farms. Image: Anesco. Anesco has secured planning permission for its 20MW solar farm in Alfreton, Derbyshire from Amber Valley Borough Council and North East Derbyshire District. Construction of the 94-acre site, which is located on low-grade grazing land, is expected to take around 27 weeks. The solar

Bloy’s Grove is the latest 50MW site application from the energy company, with more expected. Image: EDF Renewables. EDF Renewables is continuing to develop its solar pipeline, with the submission of the planning application for its Bloy’s Grove solar farm. The 49.9MW site between the villages of Swainsthorpe and Mulbarton, just south of Norwich, was

Published: 29 Oct 2021, 12:51 L-R: Councillor Ryan Houghton, convener of City Growth and Resources Committee, Louise Kingham OBE, bp’s UK head of country and senior vice president for Europe, Aberdeen City Council leader, councillor Jenny Laing. Image: Aberdeen City Council. Energy giant bp has formed a joint venture with Aberdeen City Council, to operate

An increasing number of solar projects around the UK are considering co-location with battery energy storage. Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (Unsplash). For the first time, it will be possible to include co-located storage within Contract for Difference (CfD) contract, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) have unveiled. Speaking at a webinar hosted by Solar Media and

Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented the Autumn Budget and Spending Review to the House of Commons. Image: Gov.uk. Solar PV, energy storage and other clean energy technologies are to be exempt from business rates rises from April 2023 as part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget, representing a major victory for the sector. Discussing business rates during