BEIS confirms £211 million Faraday Challenge funding for battery R&D to 2025
A competitive funding initiative launched by the government to support battery research and development will make £211 million available over the next three years.
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Solar-funded grant scheme for energy innovation launched by Centrica
A grant scheme funded through solar feed-in tariffs has been launched by energy supplier Centrica.
Lightsource BP delivers night time reactive power using solar in ‘UK first’
A solar farm has provided National Grid ESO with reactive power overnight in what is being lauded as a UK first.
Sustained government funding for solar innovation and clear vision for storage needed
The government should provide sustained funding into solar innovation and set a clear vision for the role of flexibility in the energy system, according to a new report.
SolarEdge rolls out new smartphone app to simplify inverter installs
Solar manufacturer SolarEdge has unveiled a new smart phone app that professes to make inverter installation and commissioning easier for installers.
DfT funding innovative solar rail, roads and footways trials
The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded multi-million-pound funding to trials of solar used in conjunction with railways, roads and footways.
InnoEnergy launches €100,000 electricity storage innovation competition
InnoEnergy has launched a €100,000 (£88,000) innovation competition for electric storage start-ups.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2018 shortlist spotlight – Product Innovation
The Solar Power Portal and Energy Storage News Awards 2018 is now just a few weeks away, and we’re profiling some of this year’s shortlisted nominations in the build up to the event. Today, we look at the Product Innovation category.
Solar Power Portal Awards 2018 spotlight: Storage Business Model Innovation
Nominations for the Solar Power Portal and Energy-Storage.News Awards 2018 are now open and one of our brand new categories this year is for Storage Business Model Innovation.
UK duo partner for cutting edge graphene solar panel programme
Clean energy tech developer Verditek has partnered with graphene specialist Paragraf to develop what they claim will be the world’s first graphene-based solar panel.
Opus Materials lands £1 million innovation funding for self-cleaning PV coating tech
UK-based coating firm Opus Materials has secured nearly £1 million in government funding to commercialise its self-cleaning coating for solar PV.
European solar funding released for grid integration and BIPV development
UK firms are being offered a share of the latest release of European solar PV research and development funding, which can be used for new building integrated systems (BIPV) and improved methods of grid integration of PV power.
Modi and May unveil £10 million UK-India solar R&D drive
The Indian and UK prime ministers Narendra Modi and Theresa May have unveiled plans to establish a joint research and development centre to support solar innovations.