Storage

Several grey BESS units. Behind them, a rolling vista of trees, fields and large white clouds

British BESS earns second-highest daily total price for 2024

August 29, 2024
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) earned the second highest daily total revenue in 2024 so far, reaching a high of £250/MW, on 21 August.
Image from above of rooftop solar on a house.

Otovo partners with British VPP Levelise

August 29, 2024
Residential solar and battery marketplace Otovo has announced a partnership with British virtual power plant (VPP) Levelise to launch an AI-powered ‘Hub’.
Sungrow will provide its PowerTitan BESS units for SSE Renewables' Monk Fryston project. Image: Sungrow.

Roundup: Legal challenge against 500MW solar NSIP abandoned, Sungrow teams up with SSE Renewables for 320MW BESS

August 27, 2024
Solar Power Portal rounds up the top stories: public opinion swaying planning decisions, big BESS plans for the UK.
HEIT's 98MW/196MWh Pillswood BESS project. Image: Harmony Energy.

Harmony Energy Income Trust’s BESS portfolio sale ‘progressing’ with offers expected

August 23, 2024
Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) expects to receive offers for battery storage assets in its UK portfolio by the end of September.
White BESS units underneath a blue sky with a pylon and electricity wires above

Sungrow teams up with SSE Renewables for 320MW BESS

August 21, 2024
Sungrow has signed a supply agreement with SSE Renewables for a major battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Yorkshire.
Two men in hi-vis jackets walk next to BESS units

EDF Renewables UK plans over 300MW of BESS projects over 12 months

August 20, 2024
EDF Renewables UK has today (20 August) announced that it will bring over 300MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects online over the next 12 months.
Several grey BESS units. Behind them, a rolling vista of trees, fields and large white clouds

Montrose BESS project gets planning go-ahead

August 15, 2024
Renewable energy firm RES has been granted planning permission for its 49.9MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project near Montrose, Scotland.
A map of Root-Power's UK BESS pipeline

Root-Power teams up with consultancies to prepare 40 BESS planning applications

August 14, 2024
A new player in the UK BESS market has teamed up with five major consultancies to prepare planning applications for BESS projects across the country.
Solar panels in a field under blue skies with large white clouds

Suffolk County Council launches legal challenge against Sunnica solar farm

August 8, 2024
Suffolk County Council has written to the UK government, criticising the decision to approve planning permission for a 500MW solar and storage project on the border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
A BESS development seen from above

SAE takes full ownership of 120MW/240MWh BESS

August 7, 2024
SAE has today (7 August) announced that it has purchased all shares of a 120MW/240MWh BESS project under development in Uskmouth, South Wales.

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