UK

Ortus Energy join Fiera Infrastructure for ₤ 100m C&I solar investment
A new exclusive lasting partnership is to see ₤ 100 million invested into new commercial & industrial (C &) rooftop solar advancements in the UK.
Aug 24, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Ortus Energy, Alistair Booth
Elgin finds backer for 1.4 GW solar surge
Berenberg Green Energy Junior Debt Fund III to finance 50 separate solar projects throughout Ireland and the UK
Aug 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
CdTe breakthrough might lead to more reliable solar cells, UK scientists say
New insight into exactly how chlorine improves the efficiency of cadmium telluride (CdTe) cells could result in also higher performances, according to a group of researchers at Loughborough University in the UK.
Aug 24, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, CdTe, cadtel, cell efficiency, module efficiency
PASH Global reaches fin close for USD-26m solar strategy in Puerto Rico
UK-based programmer PASH Global has secured the needed financing for a USD-26-million (EUR 22.3 m) project in Puerto Rico that asks for photovoltaic panels to be set up in addition to pick gasoline station owned by oil provider Puma Energy.
Aug 20, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UK, Europe, North America, Puerto Rico, Pash Global, Patrick Haggarty
Ofgem to investigate Community Energy Scheme UK's solar sales practices
The sales practices of the Community Energy Scheme UK are being brought into question with the opening of an investigation by energy regulator Ofgem.
Aug 20, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Ofgem, Community Energy Scheme UK
Researchers develop innovation for sustainable next-generation batteries
Researchers have established a new innovation which might allow lithium batteries to be changed with even more sustainable alternatives.
Aug 20, 2021 // Technology, Storage, UK, Europe, lithium-ion, Sodium-ion batteries, Magda Titirici, Zhen Xu
National Grid ESO develops solar projections with AI
Grid operator is collaborating with Open Climate Fix to create a first-of-its-kind PV 'nowcasting' service
Aug 19, 2021 // Technology, Grids, UK, Europe, Jack Kelly, Electricity System Operator, ESO, Carolina Tortora
SSE acquires first battery storage project
Developer gets 50MW system in Wiltshire from Harmony Energy
Aug 18, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, England, SSE, Richard Cave-Bigley
Incorporating perovskite with silicon, solar cells transform even more energy from sun
Lots of nations around the globe are devoted to reducing emissions or getting to net-zero exhausts to meet the United Nations' environment goals of keeping temperature increases listed below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. Renewable energy modern technologies, particularly solar power panels, will play a substantial role in achieving these goals.
Aug 17, 2021 // Technology, UK, Europe, solar cell, oxford pv, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, Laura Miranda Pérez
UK storage space start-up swoops on 160MW battery pipeline
Field is also in 'advanced discussions' for an additional 330MW of sites
Aug 17, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Start-up, Taavet Hinrikus, Amit Gudka, Field
Bluefield solar bags 45MW UK PV-battery
Capitalist obtained the project co-located with a 25MW storage space website for ₤ 5m.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, Bluefield Solar
Solar power and also desalination to be effectively connected for first time in brand-new project
Cranfield University will certainly join 19 research companions spread out through 12 countries to establish a first-of-a-kind plant which pairs concentrated solar power (CSP) as well as desalination methods.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Cranfield University, Chris Sansom, DESOLINATION
SSEN links very first solar farm using new POC-MAST tech
The first solar site has actually been linked to the grid utilizing Scottish as well as Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution's Point of Connection Mast (POC-MAST).
Aug 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, UK, Europe, grid connection, Ssen Distribution, Poc-Mast, Freedom Professional Services, Bradenstoke Solar Farm, Ministry Of Defence, Raf Lyneham
UK designer submits to build 200MW hydrogen hub
Trafford Low Carbon Energy Park in Manchester set to be among the biggest in the nation
Aug 11, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, hydrogen, Carlton Power, Keith Clarke
EDF sends prepare for 50MW Suffolk solar
Application follows feedback from neighborhood stakeholders and also locals during a six-week public consultation
Aug 9, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables