UK

Downing wins contract for 28 UK solar sites
Agreement with Yorkshire Water to design, develop and also operate sites with consolidated 21MW capacity
Aug 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Sean Moore, Downing LLP, Daniel Oxley
Flexitricity optimises 20MW battery for Thrive
Agreement covers the Feeder Road BESS in Bristol allowing it to operate throughout numerous markets
Aug 19, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Flexitricity, THRIVE, Andy Lowe
Enviromena secures planning for first Italian PV projects
UK programmer expects construction work with two plants in Apulia to start in January 2023
Aug 17, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, UK, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Enviromena
RES secures O&M contracts for 385MW solar
Outfit will manage HV services in-house as well as give extra components administration as part of contractual obligations
Aug 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Octopus Energy, res, Brian Darnell
Clean Solar Solutions secures multi-megawatt O&M portfolio acquisition
Clean Solar Solutions (CSS) has actually finished the acquisition of a multi-megawatt operation and also maintenance (O&M) portfolio from Powersun, that includes both roofing system and ground mounted sites across areas of the Midlands.
Aug 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, Europe, Clean Solar Solutions, CSS, Steve Williams
House of Lords gets in touch with Government to support community energy projects
Members of the House of Lords have actually contacted the government to promote the development of community energy projects in its new Energy Bill.
Aug 15, 2022 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, James Newcombe, Steve Shaw
Solar partnership to cut costs for Denby Pottery
A solar partnership between Ylem Energy as well as Derbyshire-based Denby Pottery will supply renewable resource to cut the costs of powering the firm's procedures.
Aug 15, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Ylem Energy, Derbyshire-based Denby Potter, Ian Gadsby, Dean Barlow
REA 'deeply concerned' by Truss and also Sunak solar views
Association steps in amid mounting criticism of the technology by UK leadership candidates
Aug 15, 2022 // Policy, UK, Europe, Agriculture, solar farm, REA, LAND, LIZ TRUSSP, RISHI SUNAK
Network Rail and EDF sign UK solar PPA
French utility will make 50MW of power available from its Bloy's Grove PV in Norfolk
Aug 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, EDF, Europe, Matthieu Hue, Network Rail, Jo Lewington, Wendy Morton
Lightrock 'disappointed' over solar preparation refusal
Councillors reject 50MW Scruton project in North Yorkshire
Aug 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Lightrock Power, Chris Sowerbutts
Infracapital invests ₤ 200m in Gridserve
EV infrastructure designer working on solar energy version for billing fleet
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Toddington Harper, Infracapital
Magnora enters UK solar, storage market
Norwegian programmer to start with 60MW PV and also 40MW battery plan
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, magnora, Erik Sneve
Nidec ASI giving EPC for 50MW Northern Ireland BESS project
Nidec ASI, the Italy-based industrial options division of Japanese conglomerate Nidec Group, will give EPC solutions for a 50MW battery energy storage space system (BESS) project in North Ireland.
Aug 4, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Northern Ireland, Nidec ASI, gore street capital
Conservative PM candidates 'out of step with public on solar'
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss remarks on PV projects raise 'deep concern' at Solar Energy UK
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett
NextEnergy inks UK solar contracts
Two PV projects totalling 86MW were successful in the 4th Contracts for Difference Allocation Round
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, NextEnergy Solar Fund, Ross Grier