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 […]

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

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

Image: Andreas Gucklhorn (Unsplash). Housing minister Christopher Pincher MP has announced plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime. Set up in 2008, it has been used to gain consent for large-scale energy projects such as 350MW Cleve Hill Solar Park, the first NSIP-approved solar project. Overall, 100 energy, transport, water, wastewater and

Social Energy expanded into Australia in a partnership with Duracell last year. Image: Social Energy Social Energy has launched a new solar export tariff offering 20p/kWh for the first 1,000kWh exported per year. Following this, the tariff drops to an uncapped 6p/kWh, just above the 5.6p/kWh that saw Social Energy rise to the top of

Published: 25 Jun 2021, 12:04 The dam at the Cruachan pumped hydro storage power station currently. Image: Drax. Drax has announced plans for a new underground pumped hydro storage power station, and will seek planning permission to expand its Cruachan site in Scotland to 1.04GW. The 600MW power station will be built inside Argyll’s highest

The UK government has confirmed it is investigating allegations of forced labour in the global solar supply chain, but refused to state whether or not it would be shortly following the US in enacting import sanctions on specific upstream manufacturers in Xinjiang, China. The US Department of Commerce and US Customs and Border Protection revealed

Image: Getty. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has called for “long-term ambition” around solar and other renewables. Two progress reports were released by the CCC today, assessing the UK’s success in cutting emissions and adapting to climate risks. Within the first of these ‘Progress in reducing emissions – 2021 Report to Parliament’ the Committee outlines

Published: 24 Jun 2021, 10:36 Enso Energy is consulting on plans for a new solar-plus-storage site in the centre of the Welsh island of Anglesey. The Alaw Môn Solar Farm is expected to have a 40 year operational life, and will supply up to 160MW of renewable electricity to the national grid. The consultation on

Published: 23 Jun 2021, 10:18 The 50MW lithium-ion battery forms part of the Energy Superhub Oxford project, aiming to combine a range of technologies to decarbonise Oxford. Image: Pivot Power Pivot Power, Wärtsilä and Habitat Energy have today (23 June) activated what the trio claim to be the UK’s first grid-scale battery storage system directly connected