Blogs

Utility-scale battery storage project activity started for real during 2020, with a strong pipeline of projects built up in the last few years and ready for deployment in 2021 and beyond. Solar Media Market Research’s Lauren Cook and Mollie McCorkindale take a look under the hood of Ireland’s battery storage pipeline.

With the first full month of Brexit over, Solar Power Portal took a look at how the UK’s exit from the EU has impacted the solar sector, in particular the wholesale market.

Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield Partners, to discuss how the recent acquisition of a 70MWp asset reflects Bluefield’s solar strategy, whether subsidy-free developments are still on the table and how the solar sector may see significant growth in 2022/23.

The UK solar industry installed 545MWp (DC) of new solar PV capacity during 2020, the first full calendar year when no government subsidies were on offer.

As the Smart Export Guarantee turns a year old, Solar Power Portal takes a look back at how it came to be and what the last year has been like under the scheme.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Egni Co-op’s Rosie Gillam to discuss the benefits and challenges of co-ops, and the power of a ‘DIY ethos’.

The Solar Trade Associations Jonathan Selwyn takes a look at solar in 2020, the challenges but also the resilience and the optimism going into 2021.

Here’s the top-ranking blogs from 2020 on Solar Power Portal, based on page views.

Here’s the top-ranking news from 2020 on Solar Power Portal, based on page views.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Harmony Energy CEO Peter Kavanagh about how the industry has changed and what that means for the growth of battery energy storage, as barriers to large-scale development continue to fall away.