UK

UK trio plan 250MW solar-plus-storage spree
Public Power Solutions, Hive Energy as well as Ethical Power's first project will be a 45MW PV and also battery plant
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, hive energy, Bernie Brannan, Public Power Solutions, PPS, Ethical Power, Stuart Whiteford
Voltalia fires up 32MW UK battery
The Hallen project is located near Bristol in south-west England
Jan 5, 2022 // Storage, UK, Voltalia, Europe, Sebastien Clerc, England
Nofar Energy creates JV for 700MWh UK battery storage site
Israel's Nofar Energy is to seek the development of UK battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a new joint venture (JV) with financial investment group Interland.
Dec 27, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Asia, Israel, BESS, Nofar Energy, Nadav Tene
GIG reaches economic close on 40MW UK battery energy storage site
Macquarie's Green Investment Group has gotten to economic close on its initial UK battery energy storage system (BESS).
Dec 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, BESS, Green Investment Group, Edward Northam
Israeli designer goes into UK energy storage space market
Nofar Energy forms JV with financial investment team Interland to produce Cellarhead battery project
Dec 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Nofar Energy, Nofar, Nadav Tene
GIG gets to monetary close on 40MW UK battery
EDF will supply route to market under a long-lasting contract for the energy storage system in Essex
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, macquarie, Green Investment Group, GIG
Gore Street storage fund value tops ₤ 285m.
Portfolio stood at 516.5 MW as of 30 September, up from 440MW at the end of March.
Dec 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Alex O'Cinneide, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
Battery Pack Prices Be Up To an Average of $132/kWh, Yet Rising Commodity Prices Beginning to Bite
Lithium-ion battery pack prices, which were above $1,200 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 89% in genuine terms to $132/kWh in 2021 [1] This is a 6% decline from $140/kWh in 2020.
Dec 20, 2021 // Storage, UK, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Asia, London, lithium-ion battery, Kwasi Ampofo, James Frith
Invinity commemorates energisation of UK's biggest flow battery
A 5MWh flow battery system set up as part of the Energy Superhub Oxford has been energised by Invinity Energy Systems alongside EDF-owned Pivot Power.
Dec 17, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Pivot Power, Invinity, Vanadium Flow, Flow Batteries
Solar-plus-storage designer Pathfinder acquires Hitachi Capital moneying to progress UK pipe
UK solar and energy storage programmer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has actually secured financing of an unspecified quantity from Hitachi Capital Business Finance to help expand its UK development pipeline.
Dec 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Hitachi Capital
Brits reveal 90% support for solar
Public backing for renewables at a record high together with concern concerning environment change, finds BEIS
Dec 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Great Britain, BEIS
Scientists create stable materials for a lot more effective solar cells
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have created a new process for producing stable perovskite products to produce more reliable solar cells.
Dec 15, 2021 // Technology, UK, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Queen Mary University of London, solar efficiency
Sembcorp to build 360MW UK battery
Energy storage space system will be installed at SEUK's site at Wilton International on Teeside
Dec 14, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Sembcorp Energy UK
VH Global buys 2nd Aussie solar farm under strategy to add storage to PV
UK investment firm VH Global Lasting Energy Opportunities (LON: GSEO) has actually settled the purchase of a 10.9-MW solar farm site in Queensland, Australia, spending GBP 5.9 million (USD 7.8 m/EUR 6.9 m), the firm stated today.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, VH Global
TagEnergy makes ₤ 65m acquisition of RES' 99.9 MW Lakeside battery
TagEnergy has acquired a 100% stake in the 99.9 MW Lakeside battery energy storage system (BESS), marking its fifth financial investment in the UK this year.
Dec 7, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, BESS, tagenergy, Franck Woitiez