Published: 21 Jun 2021, 16:05 By: Jolywood’s Niwa Max panel, which features TOPCon technology, on display at SNEC 2021. Image: PV Tech. The June 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, is now available to stream, featuring a comprehensive breakdown of the latest solar technologies on display at SNEC 2021. Liam Stoker […]

Published: 21 Jun 2021, 12:44 Image: Community Energy Scheme. Community energy groups will now be eligible to access Ofgem’s Decarbonisation and Innovation Funds. In February, the regulator opened a consultation into its Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme in order to maximise the benefits of the payments by considering the types of projects to receive funding, the

Published: 18 Jun 2021, 12:17 The PPA comes after Voltalia signed a PPA with City of London for a 49MW solar farm last year. Voltalia has agreed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Axpo for its 7.2MW Tonge solar park located near Sittingbourne in Kent. The fixed price PPA covers the period out to 2031, with Axpo

Published: 18 Jun 2021, 10:21 Image: BayWa. r.e. BayWa r.e. has been granted Provisional Acceptance for the repowering of Gresham House’s 4.984MWp ground mounted solar park Lake Farm. This follows the company finalising another repowering deal, this one being for Kingston Farm, with Gresham House in April. Lake Farm sits across 6.88 hectares in Wiltshire, UK,

Image: Getty. The UK solar industry needs to treble in size to align with Climate Change Committee (CCC) recommendations, hitting 40GW of installed capacity by 2030. In Solar Energy UK’s new report, Lighting the Way, it outlines the policy and regulatory changes needed to drive the adoption of solar over the next eight years. According

Image: Getty. Planning, financing & policy challenges in the UK & Ireland: 20-50 MW sites & mega-solar to 500-MW-plus The morning kicked off with an in depth dive into the planning process, and in particular the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process, which 50MW+ solar projects must go through as opposed to local planning. Gareth

NESF’s electricity generation was +6.2% above budget over the past year. Image: NextEnergy Solar Fund. NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is pursuing a 500MW pipeline of energy storage assets after achieving what it said were “solid” financial results. The EBITDA of its portfolio came in at £78 million for the year ended 31 March 2021, a slight

Published: 16 Jun 2021, 09:00 A new solar farm set to have an installed capacity of up to 50MW has been approved by Leeds City Council. The Barnsdale solar energy park is being developed by Banks Renewables and is to be located between Kippax and Allerton Bywater. It will include solar panels covering an area

Published: 15 Jun 2021, 13:12 The batteries will be used to provide balancing services for National Grid. Image: Getty. Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired a portfolio of 187MWh of late-stage development battery storage projects in the UK. The utility-scale, distribution-connected projects have been acquired from battery storage development and delivery platform Capbal Limited, with

Published: 14 Jun 2021, 17:12 Image: myenergi. Renewable energy product manufacturer myenergi has completed a major product redesign in response to global shortages in silicon. The silicon shortage has caused significant manufacturing issues for companies around the world, with lead times for some microprocessors now over one year. This has had a knock-on effect on