battery storage

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.

Custom Solar has been chosen to deliver Portsmouth City Council’s “ground-breaking” solar and battery installation at Portsmouth International Port.

The government should reverse the VAT rise for home energy storage to help deliver up to 86,000 jobs and boost UK manufacturing.

Thrive Renewables is to acquire a 5MW/7.5MWh battery storage facility from Eclipse Power Generation.

A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having been developed as part of a partnership between local developer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea’s Hanwha Group.

EDF Renewables’ 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm has taken another step forward as its planning application goes before South Holland District Council.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has raised gross proceeds of £60 million from an initial placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer.

Modelling as part of the government’s long-awaited energy white paper shows that between 80-120GW of new solar could be needed by 2050 in higher scenarios.

Keele University has signed a 25-year agreement with ENGIE that will see 15,000 solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage installed to support the institution’s carbon neutral pledge.

To reach net zero, the UK should target 85GW of solar by 2050 according to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) landmark new report.