Published: 11 Aug 2021, 15:46 Pivot Power, Wärtsilä and Habitat Energy’s lithium-ion battery, which went live in June becoming the UK’s first grid-scale battery storage system directly connected to the transmission network. Image: Pivot Power.. In the UK, the pipeline of utility-scale battery storage projects has now reached over 20GW across 800 projects. This has […]

Published: 10 Aug 2021, 10:35 Irradiation levels exceeded expectations by 4.8% for the quarter. Image: NESF. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) saw electricity generation come in 3.8% above budget in Q2 2021, boosting the company’s revenue by c.£1.1 million. This was helped along by irradiation levels exceeding expectations by 4.8% for the quarter, with NESF also lauding

Published: 10 Aug 2021, 11:04 The Tye Lane site is one of a host announced by EDF recently, including the Cadenham solar farm development (pictured), which the public is currently being consulted on. Image: EDF Renewables. EDF Renewables has submitted a planning application for another 49.9MW solar farm, continuing its busy run of development. The

Published: 9 Aug 2021, 10:58 There is a 12GW cap on the auction, which solar is once again eligible to compete in. Image: Getty The fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) round is to open on 13 December, it has been confirmed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The round is then

Social Energy’s VPP customers can now claim REGOS. Image: Social Energy. Social Energy has said its customers are the first green residential prosumers in Great Britain after it enabled them to claim Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin certificates for the renewable energy they generate. The supplier requested Ofgem work on a bulk application process to

Published: 5 Aug 2021, 10:46 BayWa r.e. now provides O&M services to 943MW of solar assets across the UK and Ireland. Image: BayWa r.e. BayWa r.e. has continued to expand its operations and maintenance (O&M) portfolio, signing a new contract for five solar farms totalling 22.37MW on behalf of its client, Ingenious. The German renewables

Published: 5 Aug 2021, 12:08 The 100MW Minety battery storage site. Image: Shell Energy Europe More information on the 1,500V energy storage system solutions supplied by Sungrow for the 100MW Minety battery storage project have today (5 August) been revealed. Sungrow supplied both NCM and LFP battery energy storage system solutions to the project, with these featuring high integration, minimising the

Published: 5 Aug 2021, 11:28 The grant hopes to accelerate deployment of solar PV systems on social housing by incentivising landlords. Image: Pixabay A partnership between energy saving specialists Happy Energy Solutions, EDF and British solar company UKSOL has created a grant for landlords of social housing to roll out solar PV across their housing

Published: 4 Aug 2021, 11:02 The Minety site consists of two 50MW batteries. Image: RES. RES has won a tender to provide O&M services for China Huaneng Group’s Minety battery storage project, which began trading last month. Lauded as the largest battery storage development in Europe to date, the project consists of two 50MW batteries

Published: 4 Aug 2021, 12:04 The Leven Packaging Plant, where Diageo is intending to install new solar PV. Image: Diageo Drinks company Diageo – which produces spirits and beers such as Captain Morgan, Smirnoff and Guinness  – has applied for planning permission for a new on-site solar farm. The solar – which would be capable of