Published: 22 Jul 2021, 10:37 The Mayor of London has set a target of 1GW of solar by 2030. Image: Daniel Chapman/Flickr. Solar Energy UK has teamed up with the Mayor of London to launch a new grant scheme to support solar businesses. It forms part of the Solar Skills: London project, which provides training […]

Published: 22 Jul 2021, 09:13 A solar PV plant owned by EDP Renewables in Romania. Image: EDPR EDP Renewables (EDPR) has reached agreements to acquire a 544MW UK wind and solar portfolio, 118MW of which is solar currently under development. The remainder of the portfolio consists of a 5MW operating wind farm, 192MW of wind

Published: 21 Jul 2021, 17:16 The Skelmersdale site will use Tesla’s lithium-ion battery technology, Megapack. Image: Tesla, Inc. Specialist international investment manager Amber Infrastructure Group has reached commercial close on the development of a 50MW/100MWh utility-scale battery energy storage project in west Lancashire. The project will use Megapack, Tesla’s large-scale lithium-ion battery technology, for the

Published: 21 Jul 2021, 15:19 The Owl’s Hatch solar farm in Kent. Image: Cubico Anesco has been awarded 12 contracts by Cubico Sustainable Investments and GLIL Infrastructure to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) for a jointly owned portfolio. Totalling 148MW of UK-wide solar, the portfolio is the single largest Anesco has secured for O&M services

Published: 21 Jul 2021, 15:40 Left to right: Pinergy’s Peter Bastable and Enda Gunnell, with Solar Electric’s Tom Foley and Robert Goss. Image: Solar Electric. Irish designer and installer of solar renewables and energy storage systems Solar Electric has been acquired by smart energy solutions business Pinergy. Solar Electric was set up in 2012, and

Published: 20 Jul 2021, 12:26 Wexford is the highest yield area for solar in Ireland according to Highview, which is set to build the 141MWp Rosspile solar PV plant in the county. Image: Sean MacEntee/Flickr. Highfield Solar has secured one of the first large-scale solar construction financing deals in Ireland for the development of two

SolarEdge’s Synergy technology splits the functionality of solar inverters into three independent units which are controlled by a single management interface. Image: SolarEdge SolarEdge is launching its 100kW three phase inverter with synergy technology, designed to improve the profitability of larger PV installations, in the UK. The SE100K inverter offers up to 150% DC oversizing to maximise

Published: 19 Jul 2021, 14:13 The Kemsley, Kent battery is one of two which was developed as part of the partnership between Pivot Power and Wärtsilä. Image: Pivot Power Pivot Power is to develop 100MW/200MWh of battery storage split across two sites in the West Midlands in partnership with Wärtsilä. The first of these storage

Published: 19 Jul 2021, 16:11 By: The global solar supply chain is being buffeted by trade sanctions over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. Image: Luke Price/Flickr. The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, is now available to stream featuring discussion around recent scrutiny on solar supply chains. With the US

Published: 16 Jul 2021, 12:04 The solar will provide electricity directly to London City Airport. Image: Daniel Chapman/Flickr A floating solar development to be located in London’s Royal Docks set to provide renewable energy directly to London City Airport has won £40,000. This comes as part of the Mayor’s Resilience Fund, which provided the funding to 10