Published: 26 May 2021, 15:00 Plymouth Energy’s solar farm. Image: CORE. Across England and Wales, six community solar farms have generated £60,000 of surplus profit that will be used to support their local communities. The farms have been supported by Community Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) Partners – a social investment partnership between Big Society Capital […]

Published: 25 May 2021, 12:57 Surrey County Council is to offer homeowners the opportunity to buy solar PV through a group-buying scheme as it becomes the latest to join Solar Together. Having been running for three years, the Solar Together programme has delivered almost 4,000 installations. Alongside offering the chance to purchase solar PV, it

Published: 25 May 2021, 09:43 Image: Nissan. Nissan is set to expand the solar farm at its North East plant by a further 20MW, announcing Engenera Renewables Group as its partner in the project. The motor manufacturer is working to more than double the amount of renewable energy produced at the Sunderland site, which currently

Published: 24 May 2021, 13:04 Image: EDF. Consultation has gotten underway for a 50MW solar farm EDF Renewables is looking to develop between the villages of Flore and Upper Heyford, along the M1 Corridor. The 49.9MW Glassthorpe farm would utilise existing hedgerows at the site as well as creating new ones to improve biodiversity. A

Published: 21 May 2021, 10:33 Image: DORE. Strong power prices in Europe helped offset falling UK power prices to allow Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust plc’s (DORE) Net Asset Value (NAV) to grow 1.3% in the first quarter of 2021. The company’s NAV rose to £121.6 million, or 99.2 pence per share, up from £119.9

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