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Secret to treating 'Achilles' heel' of perovskite alternatives to silicon solar panels revealed
A group of researchers from the UK and Japan has actually located that the tiny issues which limit the efficiency of perovskites-- more affordable alternative materials for solar cells-- are also in charge of architectural modifications in the material that result in degradation.
May 25, 2022 // Technology, UK, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Sam Stranks, University of Cambridge, Tiarnan Doherty, silicon solar panels
Bluefield Solar gets 80MW BESS for ₤ 4.5 million
London-listed solar and storage financier Bluefield Solar Income Fund has actually acquired 2 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for ₤ 4.5 million (US$ 5.7 million).
May 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, investment, Bluefield, colocation, grid stabilising, renewables integration
Bluefield Solar buys 80MW UK battery storage plants
Two 40MW projects acquired from Green Hedge Energy for ₤ 4.5 m.
May 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, Bluefield Solar, Green Hedge Energy UK
Solvius rolls out ultra-thin photovoltaic panels at Northampton Saints stadium
UK-based greentech start-up Solivus has finished the installation of greater than 600 ultra-thin-layer photovoltaic panels on the roofing system of Premiership rugby club Northampton Saints' stadium.
May 20, 2022 // Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Jo Parker-Swift, Solvius, ulia Chapman
UK financier sustains 10.5 GW wind-solar project in Morocco with submarine cable
UK-based Xlinks plans to build 10.5 GW of wind and also solar in Morocco as well as sell the power in the UK. London-based investment firm Octopus Energy said it signed up with pressures with the project developer, Xlinks, to aid it progress with building.
May 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Africa, Octopus Energy, Morocco, PV Power Plant, Dave Lewis, Simon Morrish
UK Carbon Capture Company Storegga Raises ₤ 51.3 m Funding
Storegga introduced a ₤ 51.3 m funding increase on May 17 from a host of international backers. UK firms delighted in the confidence of international financiers depending on it to drive the transition to net zero.
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, decarbonisation, Carbon Capture, Foreign capital, Renewable, Storegga
HBS New Energies rebrands to UPOWA to offer fully-integrated sustainable solutions
HBS New Energies, a trading name of HBS NE Limited, has actually rebranded to UPOWA-- the item business within HBS NE Limited-- in a bid to provide a "one-stop-shop".
May 16, 2022 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, HBS New Energies
Bluefield fund acquires 93MW UK solar, wind portfolio
A total amount of 15 PV and also 4 onshore projects have actually been purchased
May 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Bluefield
Bluefield Solar gets 93.2-MW solar and wind portfolio in UK
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd (LON: BSIF) on Wednesday claimed it has actually gotten a 93.2-MWp portfolio of operational solar and wind assets in the UK from an unnamed UK-based fund manager for an equity consideration of GBP 112.4 million (USD 138.6 m/EUR 131.3 m).
May 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, Bluefield Solar
Canadian Solar makes first UK storage step
Company will certainly provide four systems, EPC services and also O&M for the Pulse Clean Energy projects
May 10, 2022 // Storage, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, Shawn Qu, Trevor Wills
Boosts in power cost forecasts provide boost for Bluefield, Octopus Renewables
Bluefield Solar and Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) have detailed the continued influence of the high power prices seen across Europe in a lingering fad across the sector.
May 6, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Bluefield, financials, ORIT, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, Nav, Results
AES mounts 31.5 kWp solar PV system at Edinburgh Castle
Solar PV has been mounted on the roof covering of the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle by AES Solar as part of a program to reduce energy use on historical buildings.
May 6, 2022 // Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, AES, Edinburgh Castle, George Goudsmit
Penso Power and also Luminous Energy get green light for 350MW battery storage asset
Welbar Energy Storage joint venture - composed of Penso Power and Luminous Energy-- have actually protected planning permission for a 350MW connection capacity battery storage development in North Warwickshire.
May 4, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, luminous energy, Penso Power, Richard Thwaites, David Bryson
Alkaline polysulfide-air redox flow battery with 40% performance
UK researchers have actually developed a stable alkaline-based hybrid polysulfide-air redox flow battery that reduces "crossover" issues via a brand-new dual-membrane-structured flow cell.
May 3, 2022 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, efficiency, redox flow battery, Alkaline
Scotland's very first transmission system-connected battery storage project underway
Zenobē has actually started building of its 50MW/100MWh battery storage space asset in Scotland, said to be the very first transmission linked battery in the nation.
May 3, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, SCOTLAND, transmission network, James Basden, Zenobē