Two men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the theft of more than £450,000 worth of solar panels. An unnamed, non-UK company that specialises in the sale of solar panels reported that a large shipment of panels had gone missing in Kent earlier this month. The goods were purchased by a company […]

Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation and Greg Jackson, CEO and founder of Octopus Energy Group. Image: Octopus Energy. Octopus Renewables is to be acquired by Octopus Energy, making the supplier one of the largest renewable generation operators in Europe. The green energy investor, which was launched in 2010 and originally called Octopus Investments

Published: 25 Mar 2021, 12:44 Image: NESF NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) is hailing the approval of two subsidy-free solar developments, which brings it up to its c.150MWp UK target. The two sites are currently being prepared for construction, and were chosen partially due to their near term energisation, expected early next year. NESF will invest approximately

Published: 24 Mar 2021, 13:16 Image: Statkraft. Norwegian renewable energy generation giant Statkraft has announced three new utility-scale solar energy farms in the UK. The sites will have a combined capacity of 125.5MWp, and are expected to generate nearly 127GWh of electricity per year when energised. Land is currently being evaluated for two sites in

Published: 24 Mar 2021, 12:22 Image: Maria Godfrida (Pixabay). The winners of the Local Authority segment of the Green Homes Grant have been unveiled, with £74 million allocated to over 100 local authorities for installations taking place by June 2021. Over 100 local authorities are to receive a share of £74 million of funding that

Image: SMS. SMS has launched a new solution to offer local housing authorities a fully financed solar generation and smart battery storage solution, entitled Solopower. The green energy technologies will be intelligently controlled and optimised by SMS’s FlexiGrid aggregation software, maximising each home’s consumption of self-generated renewable power from the solar panels. This will also

Image: Lightsource bp. As part of the government’s £1 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy announced last week, a number of industrial clusters around the UK are receiving a chunk of money to target technologies such as green hydrogen. One such cluster is in South Wales, which was awarded £19,999,997 of the £171 million available through the UK

Published: 23 Mar 2021, 12:42 Image: Aberystwyth University. Aberystwyth University has unveiled its plans for the installation of a ground-mount solar array at a site adjacent to its Fferm Penglais student accommodation. The university is to invest around £2.5 million into the project, which will generate approximately 25% of the annual electricity requirements of Penglais

Image: Giorgio Trovato (Unsplash). Energy supplier Bulb has joined the call to scrap VAT on green products, including solar panels, to help households go green. In new data released by the company, it stated that getting rid of VAT on products including energy efficient household goods, EVs and solar could save households in the UK around £5,500.

Published: 22 Mar 2021, 10:00 Image: DORE. Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has acquired a 96MWp portfolio of UK solar PV assets for £42 million. It is made up of 13 ground-mount sites across mainland Britain with a total capacity of c.73MWp, 28 commercial rooftops with a capacity of c.10MWp and seven residential rooftop portfolios