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

By 2030, all of the world’s solar resource will be economic in comparison to local fossil fuel generation, according to a new report from thinktank Carbon Tracker. Already around 60% of global solar generation is economic – with 15% of wind resource being economic – a figure expected to grow to more than 50% by 2030. This is

Published: 22 Apr 2021, 10:08 The acquisition brings Gresham House’s portfolio up to 425MW, made up predominantly of projects in England like Red Scar (pictured). Image: Gresham House. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has completed the acquisition of the c.30MW Byers Brae project for a total value of £15.6 million, plus up to £0.35 million

Published: 21 Apr 2021, 14:39 Image: MAN Energy Solutions. Highview Power has chosen MAN Energy Solutions to provide its LAES turbomachinery solution for its 50MW/250MWh CRYOBattery under development in Carrington Village, Greater Manchester. The MAN turbomachinery train is to form the core of the liquid-air energy storage facility, which Highview claims will be one of the largest

Published: 21 Apr 2021, 12:29 BEC’s installation at Greater Brighton Met College on Pelham Street. Image: BEC. Brighton Energy Coop (BEC) has added 240kWp over three new buildings in Brighton, bringing its portfolio to 3MW. The rooftop solar systems were installed by the coop’s long-time installation partner GenFit use LG Mono X Plus 450W solar