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

Published: 30 Mar 2021, 10:05 Image: Keith Arkins. Global renewables firm RES has unveiled a new a pipeline of solar projects in the UK and Ireland totaling over 1GW. These projects – of which there are 23 – will use bifacial panel technology and range from 12MW to 120MW, with RES citing the increased efficiency

Published: 29 Mar 2021, 13:11 James Lindsay, head of institutional business at Gresham House. Image: Gresham House. Alternative asset manager Gresham House has appointed James Lindsay as head of institutional business. Lindsay is joining the company from MFS Investment Management, where he has been managing director and head of sales over the last decade. Previously,

The 4GWh site will be made up of ground-mount panels, similar to at Scottish Water’s Erskine treatment plant (pictured). Image: Scottish Water. Scottish Water unveils “most ambitious solar energy scheme to date” with 4GWh planned installation at Balmore Water Treatment Works in Torrance, East Dunbartonshire. The £3 million investment will be done through the utility’s commercial

Published: 29 Mar 2021, 10:20 An additional £300 million of funding for domestic energy efficiency upgrades has been announced, marking an extension of the Local Authority Delivery of the Green Homes Grant. It comes as the government confirms the voucher segment of the Green Homes Grant – which has been plagued with administrative problems –