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

Published: 13 May 2021, 12:04 Gore Street’s Drumkee battery, which has been operational since March. Image: Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has acquired an 80MW energy storage project from RES, having also entered into exclusivity with the renewable energy company for over 300MW of assets. The 80MW project – located in

Published: 13 May 2021, 10:33 The co-located battery at JLEN’s Yorkshire Hydropower Limited asset in North Yorkshire. Image: JLEN. JLEN is to fund battery storage and biogas investments with the proceeds of a new oversubscribed £56.9 million placement. This funding is also to pay down amounts outstanding under the company’s revolving credit facility in order to create more

Image: Octopus Group. Octopus Renewables has announced a new partnership with Zestec Asset Management to deliver more than £100 million of new build UK solar assets. Funds managed by the specialist clean energy investor arm of the Octopus Group will be used to develop both rooftop solar and private wire ground-mount systems. Already, together the

Published: 12 May 2021, 10:47 Image: Aberla Energy. Aberla Energy has delivered a contract to design, supply and install a 50kWp rooftop-mounted solar PV system for Herefordshire Council. The installation is designed to decrease the Council’s carbon footprint and increase energy savings and security. It forms part of its action to become carbon neutral by

Published: 11 May 2021, 10:50 Last year, renewable capacity additions were up by 45% globally to almost 280GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). This was the highest year-on-year increase since 1999, but the agency has said these high additions are the “new normal” in 2021 and 2022. Over the next two years, renewables

The next Contracts for Difference auction will open to applications in December 2021. Together with the government’s response to the Supply Chain Plans and the CfD contract consultation, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed on Friday (7 May 2021) that the fourth round of the subsidy scheme will begin at the