Lena Dias Martins

Conrad Energy has announced that construction has started on its first solar farm – the 45MW Larport site.

According to the latest data from the Microgeneration Certifications Scheme (MCS) there were 50,719 MCS certified domestic solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in Q1 this year – a 114% increase from the same period in 2021.

The Scottish energy storage developer, ILI Group has announced a sales tender for a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland.

Easee has launched a smart device that can charge EVs using solar power.

Ripple Energy has today (17 April) announced that the first co-owned solar farm – a 42MW site – will be built in Devon.

Caerphilly County Borough Council has put forward development proposals for the largest publicly owned solar farm in Wales – a 20MW site at Cwm Ifor Farm in Penyrheol.

Delays in the growth of Britain’s battery energy storage sector helped boost Gresham House Energy Storage Fund’s (GRID) portfolio performance, resulting in a “strong growth of earnings” in 2022.

Sustainable infrastructure investor, NTR, has announced the deployment of two battery energy storage systems in Co. Wexford, Ireland.

The UK Government’s revised energy security strategy titled Powering Up Britain, published on ‘Green Day’ (30 March) has committed to a number of measures that it predicts will double the UK’s solar portfolio by 2050.

ENGIE has gained another 50MW battery storage site in Scotland from developers Hive Energy, EcoDev Group, Sirius Group, and Ethical Power.