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Voltalia begins building of 50MW South Farm solar site
Square Mile as well as the financial and also commercial heart of the UK." Voltalia got preparing consent for the website in January 2020, and also
Jul 22, 2021 // Plants, UK, Voltalia, Europe, PV Power Plant
Aura Power acquires approval for 30MW solar
UK programmer Aura Power has protected preparing authorization for a 30MW solar project in Worcestershire, in England. Wychavon District Council approved a planning application sent by Bristol-based Aura Power for the development at Bishampton, near Pershore. Building and construction is expected to begin no earlier than the springtime of 2022 as well as will certainly take around 3 months. Aura Power will certainly notify the neighborhood area in advance when building days have actually been verified. Aura Power claimed the solar farm will certainly make a "significant payment" to the council's Wisely Green Plan 2020-30, which intends to minimize the district's carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Aura Power UK development manager Chris Featonby said: "Bishampton solar farm will actually aid Wychavon in its extensive initiatives to come to be Smartly Green. " It will certainly supply other lasting benefits, improving biodiversity and also ecology and making sure the lasting practicality as well as recurring agricultural service of the landowner." Aura will certainly likewise be setting up a Community Benefit Fund of ₤ 350 per MW, index-linked, each year, for the lifetime of the solar farm. This might amount to ₤ 10,500 a year for 35 years or over ₤ 367,000 in overall. Additionally ₤ 1000 a year would certainly be reserved for educational sessions with neighborhood schools as well as site sees to the solar farm, with the remainder being handled by the parish council as well as made use of for social as well as environmental area projects.
Jun 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Aura Power, Chris Featonby
Elgin Energy targets 5GW of solar plus storage by 2025 adhering to ₤ 25m fundraise
bank Berenberg in August, for the advancement of 1.36 GWp of solar in the UK as well as Ireland. This includes around 50 late-stage advancement projects,
Nov 26, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, Jack O’Keeffe
GB Energy targets fifteen gigawatts of clean power by 2030
UK is adding a new tool to its energy kit: GB Energy, a state-owned company tasked with catalysing clean power and unlocking private investment. Its headline
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, United Kingdom, Europe, investment, grid upgrades, GB Energy
Quinbrook obtains BESS growth rights for 230MW/460MWh Uskmouth site
Quinlan, founder and also managing companion of Quinbrook, claimed: "If the UK power system is to meet its 2030 renewables targets (of 95% decarbonised power
Jun 29, 2022 // Storage, BESS, quinbrook infrastructure partners, Habitat Energy, Rory Quinlan
UK energy company loses license over unpaid renewables obligations
URE Energy repeatedly missed deadlines to settle a £209,000 bill after it failed to source enough of the electricity it supplied two years ago from renewable generation.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, UK, Ofgem, URE Energy, ROCs, license, Eversmart Energy, Solarplicity
Statkraft Secures Triple PPA for 20MW UK Solar Farm
carbon commitments. Gresham House and Workspace Group are contributing to the UK's goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by
Jan 4, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Statkraft, PV Power Plant
Portsmouth celebrates biggest operational Tesla Powerwall installation in UK
Portsmouth City Council has actually commemorated the completion of the biggest operational Tesla Powerwall installment in the UK as part of a 250kW solar system mounted on its Hilsea Industrial Estate.
Oct 26, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, TESLA, UK, Europe, Portsmouth City Council, Mike Salisbury, Cllr Dave Ashmore
Solar helping UK clean up legacy of coal industry
The governmental body responsible for keeping mine pollution out of waterways has announced completion of the first phase of a plan to use solar to keep down its electricity bills.
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, First Solar, Europe, HBS New Energies
ReneSola teams up with UK companion on Italian PV
Collaboration with Emeren aims to co-develop projects amounting to 110MW
Jul 30, 2021 // Plants, Italy, Europe, renesola, PV Power Plant
UK battery programmer gets green light for 50MW site
the pipe. Battery energy storage projects such as this set are crucial to the UK's green energy change and kind part of the essential facilities needed for
Sep 29, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe
GSF Acquires 200MW Big Rock Energy Storage Project in California
projects totalling 1173.2MW of operational and construction assets across the UK, Ireland, Germany the US. (Source:
Feb 17, 2023 // Storage, California, USA, North America, GSF
Enviromena Acquires 30 MW Steeraway Solar Farm in England
highlighted the acquisition as a significant step in expanding the company's UK solar portfolio, following recent approval for a 49.9-MW PV-plus-25-MW-BESS
Jul 21, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Enviromena
Aura Power Wins Approval for 50-MW Solar Farm in Staffordshire
generate enough clean electricity to meet the annual demand of about 11,500 UK homes and displace roughly 12,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year—equivalent to
Jul 31, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar farm, Aura Power, Moreton Brook, East Staffordshire
Oracle Power, PowerChina team up on 1-GW solar project in Pakistan
of the project and also coordinate deal with the government of China. The UK-based firm, in turn, will work on safeguarding the funding of the project and
Apr 19, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Powerchina, Asia, Pakistan, Solar Project, Oracle Power