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EDF Renewables, Nature Positive launch research project on solar farm biodiversity

July 12, 2024
Utility EDF Renewables and environmental management consultancy Nature Positive have partnered with Exeter University to conduct research on the ecological effects of solar farms.
The pumped hydro facility will be located at Loch Awe, which is also home to Kilchurn Castle. Image: Simaron/Flickr.

ILI Group lodges planning application for 1.5GW pumped hydro energy storage project in Scotland

July 11, 2024
ILI Group has revealed it has lodged a planning application with the Scottish government for a 1.5GW pumped hydro energy storage project.
MSP (Multi Source Power) Technologies provided a 3MWh BESS for one of Glastonbury’s most well-known stages, Arcadia. Image: MSP Technologies.

Battery energy storage helps power Glastonbury

July 11, 2024
Battery energy storage helped power numerous parts of Glastonbury, the world’s largest music and arts festival, including the Arcadia stage.
Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. Companies like owner Drax say the government support is needed to enable the deployment of more projects like it. Image: Drax.

Drax signs major partnership for Hollow Mountain PHES project

July 9, 2024
Drax has appointed global technology and engineering firm Voith Hydro to move its plans forward for its proposed 600MW underground pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Scotland.
An image of a NextEnergy Capital owned solar farm in the UK. Image: NextEnergy Capital.

Solar Energy UK calls on Labour to release ‘ambitious’ Solar Roadmap and increase CfD budget

July 8, 2024
Solar Energy UK has called on the newly elected Labour government to publish an “ambitious” Solar Roadmap and increase the CfD budget.
solar panels in a green field

UK surpasses 16GW of installed solar capacity

July 5, 2024
According to new statistics from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the UK surpassed 16GW of solar capacity in May 2024.
Actual solar generation is likely higher, given that the 110GWh of energy generation came only from grid-scale solar developments. Image: ib vogt.

Irish grid-scale solar generated 110GWh energy in June, meeting 4.4% of demand

July 4, 2024
Provisional data from grid operator EirGrid shows a third of the Republic of Ireland’s electricity came from renewable sources in June.
The Mission Zero Coalition was launched in March 2023 to build momentum from the Mission Zero Report written by ex-conservative MP Chris Skidmore. Image: Flickr.

Chris Skidmore’s Mission Zero Coalition: Net zero is a ‘generational economic opportunity’

June 28, 2024
On the fifth anniversary of the UK legislative net zero commitment (27 July), the Mission Zero Coalition published its report At a Crossroads: Pathways to a Net Zero Future.
A dark green battery energy storage system, outside, under a blue sky

Harmony Energy Income Trust interim results: ‘the worst is behind us’

June 27, 2024
Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT), a leading battery energy storage system (BESS) investment firm, has released its interim results for the six months to April 30 2024.
An aerial view of the new solar panels at Erwin Hymer Travelworld, Stafford

Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld installs solar at flagship sales centre in Stafford

June 26, 2024
Motorhome dealership Erwin Hymer Centre Travelworld has installed a large number of solar panels to reduce its carbon emissions.

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