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Longi Swaps Silver for Copper, Cutting Solar Costs
Longi dumps costly silver for base metals, kicking off mass production in Q2 as rivals follow. Expect cheaper modules, reliability questions—and a BNEF-forecast decline in solar’s silver demand.
Jan 6, 2026 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, LONGi
Solarium Green Adds 1-GW Indian Solar Module Capacity
Solarium Green’s 1‑GW India factory powers self‑reliance—cutting imports, speeding deliveries and stabilizing prices—with bankable, tested modules EPCs trust for tight CODs, hybrid growth and nationwide scale.
Mar 19, 2026 // Manufacturing News, manufacturing, India, Asia, solar modules, supply chain, Solarium Green
RES files prepare for 100MW UK storage plant
Project, if consented, will be located adjacent to Spennymoor substation in County Durham
Jan 31, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, res, Jenna Folkard
Pegasus safeguards planning for 50MW UK solar farm
Project on a 100-hectare site in Nottinghamshire will continue complying with successful appeal
Feb 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, JBM Solar, England, PEGASUS, Paul Burrell
RES battery prevented complete blackout in the UK
On August 9, a thunderstorm caused 1.5 GW of generation capacity to go offline within seconds in the U.K. The incident caused millions of households to temporarily lose power but the situation could have been considerably worse if not for the country’s battery storage reserves.
Sep 9, 2019 // Storage, TESLA, UK, Australia, Europe, neoen, Oceania, RES battery
TagEnergy Funds UK's 100MW BESS Project
TagEnergy secures £70m debt package to finance 100MW battery energy storage system project in North Yorkshire. Tesla, Habitat Energy and RES to support construction of completed facility by mid 2024. CEO Franck Woitiez says innovative financing offers value and accelerating energy transition.
Oct 18, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, tagenergy
Ethical Power turns sod on UK solar farm
45MW project in Herefordshire results from be commissioned in 2024
May 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Ethical Power
Unsubsidized 350 MW PV project in the UK
Hive Energy has actually been preparing the Cleve Hill Solar Park because 2017. It currently anticipates to safeguard last authorization from the U.K. Department for Business, Energy as well as Industrial Strategy by the end of this month.
May 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, hive energy, wirsol
Can Renewables Restart the Grid? The UK Investigates
Far from bringing the grid down, clean energy could help save it.
Jan 21, 2020 // Market Research, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Distributed ReStart
UK scientists find way to cut down indium
A research team led by the University of Liverpool has developed a transparent conductive oxide material to replace tin with molybdenum. The results demonstrated better performance and potentially lower material costs than the transparent conducting layers used in today’s commercial solar cells.
Sep 19, 2019 // Technology, UK, Europe, TCO, indium, Tim Veal, Liverpool University
UK Government comes around on grid storage planning
In January, the U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy opened consultation on its solar-plus-storage proposals. To date, systems with a capacity bigger than 50 MW are classed Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Oct 21, 2019 // Storage, storage, NSIP, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Chris Hewett
EDF submits prepare for 50MW UK solar project
Changed Bloy's Grove scheme consists of less panel rows and also enhanced biodiversity over life time of PV plant
Nov 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, EDF, Europe, Solar Project
UK developer unveils 400MW PV plans in Yorkshire
Boom Power said the project brings its pipe to more than 2GW
Jul 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Boom Power
EDF opens appointment on 50MW UK solar plan
The Cadenham project would lie west of the A14 Newmarket bypass in Cambridgeshire
Jun 7, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables
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