Gresham House’s Glassenbury battery energy storage asset. Image: Gresham House Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has seen the EBITDA generated by its portfolio soar to £22.4 million in the first half of this year, jumping from £4.5 million in H1 2020. This was largely driven by attractive frequency response services, representing 88.5% of the total, […]

Published: 17 Sep 2021, 10:56 NextEnergy’s move to diversify its portfolio builds on its 99 operating solar sites in the UK, including its 50MWp subsidy-free Staughton solar farm (pictured). Image: NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has signed a £100 million Joint Venture Partnership (JVP) with battery storage specialist Eelpower. Together they will look

Shoals Hook solar farm is one of 50 operational sites Foresight owns in the UK, along with one battery asset, four operational solar farms in Australia and four under construction in Spain. Image: Foresight. Rebounding power prices have driven Foresight Solar Fund’s results in the first half of 2021, with its net asset value (NAV)

Published: 15 Sep 2021, 12:22 Midsummer has relaunched the software with updated branding, following a wider company refresh in 2020. Image: Midsummer. Renewables distributor Midsummer has relaunched its solar design software Easy PV. The software integrates design, calculations, paperwork and ordering into one online package. As part of the relaunch, it now boasts an updated

Published: 14 Sep 2021, 12:43 The solar farm is being designed in the shape of a lion, to mirror the chalk lion that sits on the other side of the zoo. Image: ZSL Whipsnade. ZSL Whipsnade has unveiled plans for a lion shaped solar farm, in an effort to reduce the UK’s largest zoo’s carbon

This is the first auction solar and onshore wind have been able to compete in since 2015. Image: Getty A total of £265 million has been set aside for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today (13 September) revealed. However, of this just £10 million

Published: 10 Sep 2021, 16:01 The initial 1GW pipeline is to be funded as part of a partnership with Korkia, with Evolution Power targeting a total of 2-3GW. Evolution Power – a new entrant to the UK renewables market – has partnered Finnish sustainable investment group Korkia to fund an initial 1GW pipeline. Evolution Power is

Published: 9 Sep 2021, 10:24 The acquisition of Segen by Labora is expected to close next month. Image: Segen Residential and commercial rooftop solar PV system distributor Segen is to be acquired by Labora Holdings Limited, the parent company of electrical products and services supplier City Electrical Factors (CEF). Labora is to acquire 100% of Segen

Installers experienced frustration due to complicated requirements and delays in payments. Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). The government didn’t sufficiently understand the challenges facing installers as part of the Green Homes Grant (GHG), having failed to learn from its own previous energy schemes. That is one of the key findings of a report from the National

Anesco built Clayhill (pictured), the UK’s first subsidy-free large-scale solar-plus-storage project, which it then sold to GRIDSERVE last year. Image: Anesco Anesco’s new 50MW battery storage site has been given the green light by Brentwood Borough Council, with the project to be another example of how batteries are benefiting the grid and offering returns for investors, the company has said.  The facility