The company will particularly target commercial and industrial rooftop solar installations backed by long-term PPAs. Image: Scott Webb (Unsplash). A new closed-ended investment company designed to invest in a diversified portfolio of onsite renewable energy assets dubbed Atrato Onsite Energy is to launch an initial public offering (IPO). It is targeting proceeds of £150 million […]

Published: 22 Oct 2021, 15:53 The rooftop solar PV sector has gone from strength to strength, with 90% of installs in Q3 in this segment. There was a record amount of rooftop solar deployed in Q3, with 97MW installed on homes and businesses around the UK. This constitutes more than 90% of the total solar

Published: 22 Oct 2021, 10:33 The BESS is to use Tesla Megapacks. Image courtesy of Tesla, Inc. TagEnergy has started construction on a £16 million 20MW/40MWh battery storage facility following Santander financing. The Hawkers Hill Energy Park near Shaftesbury uses a system of Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries together with Tesla’s Autobidder AI software for real-time

Published: 21 Oct 2021, 12:13 The cost of solar has fallen dramatically in recent years, further bolstering the financial case for businesses adopting the technology. Image: Enzen. Enzen has unveiled three new solar finance offerings to help businesses embrace solar amidst rising energy prices. The self-funded, fully funded and asset finance provisions all include full

Published: 21 Oct 2021, 12:21 The networks are to produce low carbon heating for over 50 Edinburgh residents. Image: SP Energy Networks. Thermal energy storage firm Sunamp has been awarded over £396,000 from SP Energy Networks’ Green Economy Fund to deliver micro-district heating networks. The company will provide five of the micro-district heating networks, which

The contract builds on Anesco’s previous relationship with Foresight, as it currently maintains 27 solar farms totalling more than 200MW for it. Image: Anesco. Anesco is to build and maintain 100MW of battery energy storage for JLEN and Foresight Solar Fund Limited (FSFL). This includes two 50MW sites, the first of which will be in

The government is to review the frequency of CfD auctions. Image: Getty While the government’s Net Zero Strategy includes plans to review the frequency of Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions, a concrete UK solar deployment target was absent. Both have been key asks of the industry as of late, with Solar Energy UK being a

Published: 20 Oct 2021, 10:36 The two plan on developing several ground-mounted solar projects of up to 50MW. Image: Iona Capital. Iona Capital has partnered IGas to develop utility-scale UK solar PV, marking its entry into the UK solar market. The first of these solar assets will be located in southern England and will be 25-40MW

Published: 19 Oct 2021, 11:01 An EDP solar farm in Romania. Image: EDP Renewables EDP Renewables (EDPR) is aiming to cement its position in the UK renewables market, with plans to invest £660 million over the next five years. This comes as part of a wider commitment to invest £12.86 billion in the UK by 2030,

Published: 19 Oct 2021, 11:57 The 100MW Minety battery energy storage site. Image: Penso Power Penso Power has signed a new agreement with global maritime group BW Group that will see the build-out of the former’s UK battery storage pipeline fully funded. The pipeline of over 3GWh of large-scale battery storage projects are to be