Image: Jinko Solar. UK renewables distributor Midsummer has announced a new partnership with Chinese solar PV manufacturer Jinko Solar. It will see the latter’s Tiger N-Type All Black module added to the Midsummer range, with additional products set to follow across the year. Jamie Vaux, Midsummer commercial director, said he was “really pleased” to welcome […]

Image: Zenobe. Zenobe Energy has unveiled a 100MW project in Capenhurst, Chester, set to be Europe’s largest grid-connected battery.  The project will be the first in the world to directly absorb reactive power from the transmission network, the company has said, and is expected to begin operations in April 2022. It has been commissioned as a response

Gore Street’s Lower Road battery asset. Image: Gore Street. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is proposing a new issue of ordinary shares at 102 pence per share to raise further capital for its development pipeline of 1.3GW. They will be issued as part of a non-pre-emptive placing pursuant to the company’s Placing Programme, with up

Published: 1 Apr 2021, 12:21 Image: Viridian Solar. Viridian Solar’s “eyes remain firmly on the future” as it announces it has been acquired by roofing manufacturer Marley. It comes after the two first revealed a partnership in 2020 to offer the Marley SolarTile, based on Viridian’s Clearline fusion products. Now, Marley has acquired 100% of

NextEnergy Solar Fund’s 50MWp Staughton site, which went live last year. Image: NextEnergy Solar Fund NextEnergy Capital has energised two subsidy-free solar farms, one of which – a 75MWp asset developed in Wales – is claimed to be the largest constructed PV plant in the UK. Located in Newport, Wales, Llanwern covers c.260 acres spread

Published: 31 Mar 2021, 12:04 Foresight Solar & Technology VCT has appointed Carol Thompson as director to “support and further expand the existing portfolio of companies”. Thompson is to serve as a non-executive director as well as chairing Foresight Solar & Technology VCT’s audit committee. She brings over 25 years of experience in governance and

Published: 30 Mar 2021, 14:05 Image: ILI Group. Scottish clean energy developer ILI Group has announced the sale of its 50MW utility-scale battery project in Fife, Scotland to Abbey Group Cambridgeshire and YooGen1. The sale bring the group’s funded battery projects to 100MW noted Mark Wilson, CEO of The ILI Group, adding his thanks to

Published: 31 Mar 2021, 11:24 Utility Scottish Water has heavily committed to solar at its sites around Scotland, such as this one in Inverness (pictured). Image: Scottish Water. As the Scottish election campaigns get underway, Solar Energy Scotland chair Thomas McMillan has called on political parties to up their solar ambitions. McMillan has written to

Published: 30 Mar 2021, 14:27 Image: Gore Street Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s two Northern Ireland batteries have been completed, taking its operational portfolio up to 210MW. The two 50MW assets are due to start operations under DS3 contracts today, with the batteries almost doubling the fund’s operational portfolio which is now comprised of 11

Published: 30 Mar 2021, 12:30 Image: Anesco. Anesco has secured planning permission for a 50MW solar farm in Lincolnshire from East Lindsey District Council. The 60-hectare Low Farm site – which is located in Wainfleet, near Skegness – is expected to take around 26 weeks to construct, and have a lifespan of 40 years. A number of