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

Published: 16 Jul 2021, 14:10 By: Construction is underway at the site in Greater Manchester for Highview’s 50MW LAES project. Image: Highview Power. MAN Energy Solutions is set to provide the turbomachinery for Highview Power’s 50MW/250MW liquid air energy storage (LAES) project in Greater Manchester. On Wednesday, the Volkswagen-owned engineering group formally signed the deal

Gore Street’s 10MW Lower Road battery energy storage site in Essex. Image: Gore Street. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund saw its NAV increase 192% in the year ending March 2021, as its portfolio continued to expand to 440MW. This is a substantial jump from 189MW in the previous year, and included a growing Irish portfolio.

Image: Eric Hossinger. The Treasury has outlined reluctance to change the VAT level on green products, following calls from industry for reductions to accelerate the rollout of technologies like solar panels and heat pumps. In a letter sent to the MCS Foundation, Treasury minister Jesse Norman argues that reducing VAT for green products would “impose

E.ON’s Solar Reward scheme was to “bridge the gap” between the feed-in tariff and the Smart Export Guarantee, which came into effect in January 2020. Image: E.ON A Guarantee Scheme, financial support and options for surplus energy would all boost domestic solar uptake. This is according to the findings of a study conducted by Basis Social

Published: 13 Jul 2021, 12:07 EDF is currently developing a number of UK solar sites including Sutton Bridge, Tye Land and Bloy’s Grove, all of which are 49.9MW. Image: EDF EDF Renewables UK is moving forward with its proposed development of a 49.9MW solar farm, with a public consultation now open. The East Stour Solar

Published: 13 Jul 2021, 12:08 Wherever permissible, solar panels will now be installed on all new Lidl stores in Britain. Image: Lidl. Supermarket chain Lidl GB has announced that it will be installing solar panels on all new stores as part of a new commitment to be carbon neutral by 2022. This brings it in

Published: 13 Jul 2021, 11:23 Gresham House’s 50MW Wickham Market battery storage site in Suffolk. Image: GRID. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has raised £100 million to construct an additional 240MW of storage projects. It raised the funds through the issue of 89,285,714 ordinary shares of 1 pence, with the issue price per new