Cross-party group call for community energy to be ‘fully enabled’

Cross-party group call for community energy to be ‘fully enabled’

Left to right: Heidi Stedeford and Rupert Meadows from Power for People and MPs Peter Aldous, Wera Hobhouse and Ben Lake stand before Parliament. Image Power for People. A cross-party group of MPs have called on the government to enact a ‘Right to Local Supply’ as they debated new rules to enable clean community energy. […]

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Solarwatt supplies complete PV systems for 15 Essex primary school sites

Solarwatt supplies complete PV systems for 15 Essex primary school sites

Published: 5 Jul 2021, 11:34 Millhouse Primary School in Basildon was one of the schools to receive the rooftop solar PV. Image: Solarwatt A rooftop solar scheme commissioned for Essex County Council has seen Solarwatt supply complete PV systems for 15 primary school sites. The German manufacturer was chosen after a tendering process, partnering with

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London has significant rooftop solar potential, according to Solar Energy UK

Mayor of London and Solar Energy UK launch project to grow capital’s solar sector

Published: 2 Jul 2021, 13:57 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Solar Energy UK have today launched a new solar skills project to develop the solar industry in the capital through job creation and education. The project has five stated principles: develop a solar PV learner curriculum; establish introductory workshops for trainees; create a placement programme

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Coal Authority eyes further solar sites as it hails the success of Bates installation

Coal Authority eyes further solar sites as it hails the success of Bates installation

Image: gov.uk. The Coal Authority has flagged the success of its solar power installations in helping to decarbonise its operations around the UK, as it looks to extend the rollout. It’s Bates mine water treatment scheme near Blyth, Northumberland, for example, started operating on 1 March 2019. It is the non-departmental public body within the

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Gresham House reveals 802MW pipeline as profits soar in 'milestone' year

Gresham House to acquire 425MW of energy storage assets

Published: 1 Jul 2021, 10:38 Gresham House’s Glassenbury battery storage asset. Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) is on track to own more than 1.2GW of operational battery energy storage systems after securing a deal to acquire 425MW of projects from Gresham House Devco and expanding its exclusive pipeline

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Mytilineos acquires 14MW of solar projects in Ireland from Elgin Energy

Mytilineos acquires 14MW of solar projects in Ireland from Elgin Energy

Published: 1 Jul 2021, 12:00 Greek industrial conglomerate Mytilineos has acquired a 14MW solar portfolio in the Republic Ireland from Elgin Energy. Purchased through Mytilineos’ Renewables and Storage Development (RSD) Business, the portfolio will enjoy long-term contracts for difference (CfD) awarded under Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction. This took place last August, with solar

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Lightsource Labs and Pure Planet team up for solar and storage offering

Lightsource Labs and Pure Planet team up for solar and storage offering

Image: Shutterstock. Energy technology company Lightsource Labs has teamed up with supplier Pure Planet to develop a domestic solar and storage solution. Pure Planet will use Lightsource Labs’ home energy management technology Tribe and its virtual power plant (VPP) platform to optimise solar and storage installations, reduce consumer bills and provide grid flexibility services. By managing devices

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'Extraordinary' solar and battery storage boom underway in East of England

‘Extraordinary’ solar and battery storage boom underway in East of England

Approved connections for solar sites reached 34 between January and May, doubling the number recorded in 2020. Image: UKPN A total of 34 new solar generation sites and nine battery storage sites have secured connection contracts with UK Power Networks (UKPN) between January and May in Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. For both technologies, this is

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Second solar install as part of Project Prometheus Army Barracks rollout kicks off

Second solar install as part of Project Prometheus Army Barracks rollout kicks off

The solar is expected to supply one third of the Duke of Gloucester Barracks’ electricity needs. Image: 3ti. Building work on a new solar farm at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney, has been started by 3ti. Part of Project Prometheus, the site – which is due to be completed by September – is one

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