Published: 4 May 2021, 10:05 Image: EDF. EDF Renewables Ireland has began construction of three new solar farms with a total capacity of 17MW. This includes Coolroe Solar Farm (5MW), which is located in Coolroe, Ballycullane, Co. Wexford; Blusheens Solar Farm (8MW) in Killinick, Co. Wexford and Curraghmartin Solar Farm (4MW) in Curraghmartin, Carrigeen, Co. […]

Published: 30 Apr 2021, 14:05 Image: Octopus Renewables. A joint venture aimed at breaking down barriers preventing community energy projects from coming on-stream has been relaunched by Octopus Energy and the Midcounties Co-operative. Younity – which was previously known as Co-op Community Energy – already has partnerships with 100 community generators, with the renewable energy

Published: 30 Apr 2021, 11:35 The Litchardon Cross site, near Barnstaple in North Devon. Image: Aura Power. North Devon Council has unanimously approved a planning application for a 49.9MW solar farm to be developed by Aura Power. The farm, which will be located at Litchardon Cross near Barnstaple, will be built on low-grade land that

Published: 29 Apr 2021, 12:06 The Broxted project in Suffolk, UK, owned by Cubico Sustainable Investments and GLIL Infrastructure. Image: Cubico. Over 500MW of new UK solar PV and onshore wind is to be developed by a joint venture between Cubico Sustainable Investments and Peel NRE. The duo are to originate, develop and operate the

Published: 28 Apr 2021, 10:46 Image: SolarEdge. Smart energy technology company SolarEdge is launching Smart Modules with integrated Power Optimisers in the UK. The modules combine the optimisers with split-cell technology, increasing performance and durability the company said. The range includes 355-360W all-black modules and 370W black-framed modules. It will be the first time SolarEdge’s

Image: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has unveiled an 802MW pipeline, with 275MW of this currently funded and due to start construction shortly. This comes as part of the company’s full year results to 31 December 2020, which also provided an update out to 31 March 2021 detailing how Gresham

Image: Giorgio Trovato (Unsplash). Removing VAT on clean energy products like solar panels is supported by a majority of the public, new analysis by Green Alliance has found. In a BritainThinks survey for the thinktank’s TransformTax project, a sample of 2,076 members of the UK public were asked about whether the tax system should be

Published: 27 Apr 2021, 09:47 The expansion of the offering comes after a first phase that saw the systems form part of a VPP. Image: Moixa Following a successful first phase, Moixa’s partnership with Energia is to now offer solar and storage to a wider customer base. Occurring over the last year, this first phase saw

Published: 23 Apr 2021, 10:33 Image: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. A  potential 80MW acquisition – plus Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s 1.3GW development pipeline – is to be funded by the net proceeds of the company’s latest £135 million fundraise. This potential acquisition is expected in the coming weeks, the fund said, with net proceeds of

Published: 23 Apr 2021, 13:04 In the future, Gravitricity will look to use either purpose made holes or old mine shafts for its energy storage sites. Image: Gravitricity. Gravitricity has successfully commissioned its 250kW energy storage demonstrator, proving the novel technology’s capability. The demonstrator has been built above ground whilst future commercial projects will be