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

Published: 3 Aug 2021, 11:52 Innova’s portfolio consists of 57 commercial solar PV rooftop assets. Image: Innova. Innova Energy has competed the sale of its portfolio of 57 commercial rooftop solar PV assets in the UK. Sold to an investment vehicle managed by Octopus Renewables, all of the solar installations benefit from feed-in tariffs. The

Anesco now provide O&M services monitoring to more than 24,000 sites. Image: Anesco. Gresham House has acquired a 50MW solar farm from Anesco as part of a £100 million partnership. The two companies signed their three-year development and construction agreement back in January, which will see them develop a 200MW ground mounted solar PV portfolio

Published: 2 Aug 2021, 12:49 The approval follows the company’s first UK solar farm receiving planning permission in February. Image: PACE. Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has secured planning permission for a 21MWp solar and battery storage site outside of Norwich. The Burgate solar farm will be located eight miles north of the city of Norfolk, and

Published: 30 Jul 2021, 11:14 Installations of solar PV as part of the Green Homes Grant have risen by over 100 since March. Image: Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). Installations of solar PV under the Local Authority Delivery of the Green Homes Grant have risen, although the technology still represents just 5% of total installations. Data