Blogs

Kiwi Power’s head of optimisation Thomas Jennings explores the challenges – and opportunities – of council owned battery storage by taking a detailed look at the Fideoak Mill battery storage site in Taunton.

Aeris’s VP of market development Mohsen Mohseninia takes a look at how explores how IoT solutions can alleviate the challenges associated with solar panel management and energy output.

Solar Media’s head of market intelligence Finlay Colville discusses the key features of the UK’s solar planning deluge, showing graphics that explain the trends underway, and exploring the new focus on 49.9MWp-dc sites that will be based on 500W-plus mono bifacial panels, mounted on single-axis tracking systems.

Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield Partners, the investment adviser of Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about company broadening its scope, which technologies it will focus on and the impact Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions could have.

Solar Media’s Lauren Cook takes a closer look at the results of Ireland’s RESS, identifying who the big winners are and what types of projects were successful.

Clir Renewables’ CEO Gareth Brown explores how solar O&M has been overlooked previously, and how artificial intelligence could make all the difference now.

Despite concern about the impact of COVID-19 on investment in the solar sector, low technology prices have helped ensure the sector is optimistic.

The reuse of electric vehicle (EV) batteries in stationary storage systems offers great possibilities, but there is still a lack of confidence from investors in the ‘second life’ battery concept, the CEO of Connected Energy has said.

Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, reveals how new entrants with ambitious build-out plans have taken the UK’s large-scale solar pipeline beyond 9GW, ahead of a free webinar on the subject next week.

As utility-scale solar projects continue to get bigger and bigger, digitialisation will be key to ensure their full potential can be reached writes Alectris’ Constantinos Peonides.