Image: Andreas Gücklhorn (unsplash). Solar Energy UK has lent its weight to calls for renewable deployment targets as part of “urgent action” needed to decarbonise Britain’s grid. It has called for a specific government target of 40GW of solar deployment by 2030, a significant jump from the 14GWp-dc currently deployed. The call echoes that from the […]

Image: Engenera. Engenera Renewables Group, one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies, has restructured its management team and realigned its offering to ensure it is well positioned to respond to new, ambitious government targets on reducing carbon emissions. In April, the UK government brought forward its target of reducing carbon emissions by 78% (compared

Published: 19 May 2021, 13:47 Image: Gravitricity. Energy storage company Gravitricity is to add hydrogen and heat storage to its underground gravity energy system. It has now submitted a patent for turning its purpose-built shafts into pressurised energy stores, which would be capable of accumulating significant quantities of gas. Gravitricity will use its shafts as

Published: 18 May 2021, 16:35 By: Polysilicon prices have nearly doubled in the past three months. Image: PV Crystalox. The Solar Media podcast returns for another episode, as we look to uncover how a materials crisis in solar manufacturing could impact on deployment. Solar Media’s Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe discuss how surging polysilicon and

While this is Low Carbon Hub’s first ground-mount installation, it will be its 48th renewable installation with others including this rooftop solar site at Bure Park School. Image: Low Carbon Hub. The UK’s largest community-owned solar park has confirmed that it’s fully funded, thanks in part to a loan from Triodos Bank UK. Low Carbon

Published: 17 May 2021, 11:12 Image: Lovell Homes. HBS New Energies is to install 37 of its complete in-roof solar systems at a new housing development in Weston-super-Mare. The solar installer was chosen by Lovell Homes to design, supply and install the 110kWp of solar, with selected dwellings at the Foxglove Meadows development to feature all

Published: 17 May 2021, 11:26 Lessons will be learnt from the construction of other prisons in the UK currently such as HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire (pictured) to help cut carbon in both construction and operation. Image: gov.uk. The Ministry of Justice is to develop thousands of solar panels across four new prisons being

Published: 17 May 2021, 10:33 The impact of the low power prices in the UK is continuing to be felt, as Foresight Solar Fund announces Net Asset Value (NAV) drop. In 2020, the COVID-19 lockdowns caused energy usage to drop substantially, resulting in a drop in power prices. While usage has largely rebounded at this point,

Published: 14 May 2021, 10:23 Image: RES. A 99.9MW energy storage project in development by RES has secured planning permission, with the asset set to be operational in late 2023. Located in the Selby area in North Yorkshire, the Lakeside Energy Storage Project will be the largest energy storage project in RES’ now 420MW portfolio of energy

Published: 14 May 2021, 11:49 Image: SEMLEP. Work has started on a new solar farm on the site of a former landfill that is to form part of the Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park. In 2020, Bedford Borough Council was awarded more than £1.8 million for the Park, which is being constructed at Elstow