Low Carbon to develop over 75MW of solar via new finance facility
Global renewable company Low Carbon is set to develop a combined solar capacity of over 75MW across three sites after securing financing from NatWest, Lloyds Bank and AIB.
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myenergi launches ‘libbi’ home battery product to complete home energy ecosystem
Eco-smart technology manufacturer myenergi has launched a new home battery called “libbi”.
CorEnergy to supply solar PV to the UK Ministry of Defence
The UK Ministry of Defence has entered into a £5.4 million agreement with CorEnergy to supply the organisation with solar PV.
Renewables sector split over ‘relevance’ of Helm review
The domestic renewables sector is split over the outcome of Dieter Helm’s forthcoming cost of energy review, with some dismissing its relevance to the industry.
Greenest summer ever confirmed by National Grid generation figures
The UK experienced the greenest summer ever according to National Grid, which has released figures showing that over half of the electricity generated over the period was from low carbon sources.
Government finally relents and publishes Frontier Economics system cost report
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has this afternoon finally relented and published the Frontier Economics-produced report on the system costs of renewables integration.
Good Energy sets sights on storage, EV network sectors after ‘streamlining’ business model
Clean energy utility Good Energy has identified battery storage and electric vehicles as two of three new business opportunities to explore after saying it was “streamlining” its operating model.
Budget 2017: The renewables reaction
The renewable economy reacts to chancellor Philip Hammond's 2017 spring budget, which offered scant information for the direction of the UK's energy policy moving forward.
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Who owns the UK’s 12GW of solar? Part two
Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville concludes his two-part breakdown of who owns the UK’s entire cumulative solar PV capacity.
Solar weekly digest 20 January 2017
A recap of the biggest news from the last week in UK solar, with developments from Ecotricity, IKEA and Anesco.
UK gets a green Christmas as renewables generation soars
Christmas Day 2016 was the greenest on record as generation from renewables soared to new highs, according to figures compiled on behalf of energy company Drax.
UK Solar year in review: November to December
As an intriguing year for UK solar concludes, Solar Power Portal looks back at some of the most interesting, popular and important news stories of the last 12 months. Today, we look at November and December.
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Is UK energy on the greener path or moving into the black?
The imminent capacity market auction could offer some clues on the direction of travel, writes Terry Macalister, but the government could be missing a trick by not steering the mechanism down a greener path.
Sourcing energy from renewables a ‘major strategic opportunity’ for business, new report finds
Large, European companies have concluded that deriving all of their energy demand from renewable sources represent a “major strategic opportunity” moving forward, according to a new report published by The Climate Group has found.
BEIS Committee launches post-Brexit energy priority inquiry
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has launched an inquiry to determine what implications the UK’s exit from the European Union will have on energy and climate change commitments.
Report claims renewables reach 50% of Britain’s energy mix as solar continues to beat coal
Low carbon energy sources were responsible for producing more than half of Britain’s electricity for the first time in Q3 2016, according to a new quarterly report commissioned by Drax Group.
Government outlines route to coal phase-out by 2025
The government has set out its strategy to meet last year’s commitment to close unabated coal plants by 2025, effectively seeking to price the existing fleet of plants out of operation.
Public support for nuclear and shale gas drops while solar popularity remains high
Public support for the government’s chosen energy generating technologies has seen a “statistically significant” drop according to the latest public attitudes survey from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Swindon Borough Council to launch second community solar bond offer
Swindon Borough Council (SBC) is preparing to launch a second solar bond following the success of its first local authority led investment offer earlier this year, which closed a month early after raising almost £2 million.
Havering London Borough Council puts forward plans to build 15.5MW of solar farms
Havering London Borough Council has submitted plans to build its own solar farms in the latest example of wider adoption of solar developments by local authorities and the first to take up the technology on a large scale in London.
Solar intermittency costs removed by 2030 with the help of battery storage argues new report
A new report has estimated that when combined with greater integration of batteries, the intermittency of solar generation could provide a net benefit to the grid, removing one of the key criticisms of wider adoption of the technology.
Clive Lewis takes on shadow BEIS while Gardiner retains energy and climate change post
Former shadow energy minister Clive Lewis has returned to the energy policy landscape after being appointed shadow secretary for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) following Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle over the weekend.
Significant capacity carried over as FiT Q4 kicks off
The fourth quarter of Ofgem’s revised feed-in tariff regime has kicked off with significant unutilised capacity carried over and standard degressions being applied across more common deployment bands.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe speech at SEUK | Clean Energy Live
The minister for energy and intellectual property delivered one of her first speeches to industry at Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live 2016 on Wednesday 5 October after being appointed just a few months ago.
Scotland at risk of missing 2020 targets
Despite outperforming the rest of the UK, Scotland will need to increase its renewable electricity deployment by 1.3GW per year to 2020 if it is to meet its decarbonisation targets, according to a new report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
Corbyn pledges 65% renewable electricity by 2030 with 25GW of solar
The UK would adopt a target of 65% of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030 under a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn, creating around 316,000 jobs in the renewables sector.
Battery assets lead winning projects in National Grid tender
Battery storage has dominated the outcome of the National Grid’s 200MW Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) tender, with the technology to be used for balancing services at grid scale for the first time in the UK.
Solarsense announces completion of commercial projects for RSPB
Solarsense has revealed details of the completion of a series of commercial rooftop solar installations earlier this year for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) at a number of its nature reserves.
Solar Power Portal and Clean Energy Awards 2016 shortlist revealed
Solar Media can today reveal the entries that have been shortlisted for this year’s Solar Power Portal and Clean Energy Awards, sponsored by Trina Solar.
May faces new criticism over cash for fracking proposals
Theresa May has continued to draw anger from environmentalists after suggesting that individual households could be paid for agreeing to greenlight local fracking projects.