Andy Colthorpe

Top names have signed up to support the Energy Storage division of Solar Power Portal’s publisher Solar Media, which has launched a series of events and media activities for next year, targeting the UK’s nascent industry.

Sunamp, a Scottish manufacturer of heat batteries for domestic energy storage, including models designed to link with PV systems, has started serial production of its units from a base in the UK.

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) put its new “floating PV” module on display at this week’s Solar Energy UK exhibition and conference.

One UK energy storage company has compared its latest venture to the energy trading markets of California ISO, as it prepares to pay its customers for providing vital grid services through their residential systems.

We’ve been talking over the past few months with a large number of key and emerging players in the UK’s energy storage industry. With our show Solar Energy UK coming up next week, we thought this would be a good opportunity to share with you the thoughts of two of those players on the relationship between renewables and energy storage.

We are approaching the sixth annual Solar Energy UK conference and exhibition, hosted by our publisher Solar Media. Taking place next week amid challenging times for the UK PV industry, recognition of the potential of storage at the top level at last, and actions already underway by the industry, will be among the central topics of discussion, with more exhibitors and conference strands than ever before.

Israel-headquartered SolarEdge has confirmed that it will be presenting Tesla’s batteries at Solar Energy UK in Birmingham next week, in addition to its new range of lightweight inverters and other products.

Balcombe, the Sussex village which found itself at the epicentre of UK energy debate when it was selected for drilling by fracking firm Cuadrilla, has received planning permission for a community solar farm.

Major names in world science and other fields have signed up to endorse the Global Apollo Programme (GAP), which aims to make clean energy competitive with fossil fuels within 10 years.

Module manufacturer Hanwha Q CELLS has refinanced two UK solar farms totalling just over 45MW of capacity, signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF Energy for the electricity produced.