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The company will first develop battery storage projects before transitioning to include large-scale solar. Image: Getty.

NatPower UK to invest £10 billion in UK BESS and solar market

March 7, 2024
NatPower UK is set to invest £10 billion in the UK battery energy storage sector to bring online over 60GWh of capacity by 2040.
An aerial shot of the site of the Cleve Hill Solar Park. Image: Quinbrook.

Cleve Hill’s battery storage application refused by Swale Council

March 1, 2024
A local planning committee for Swale Borough Council has refused the battery storage application for the 373MW Cleve Hill Solar Park.
Biodiverse Consulting will specifically support Queequeg in achieving the necessary biodiversity net gain for projects. Image: Solar Energy UK.

Solar Energy UK welcomes eight new board members

March 1, 2024
Industry trade body Solar Energy UK has welcomed eight new members to its board and added two more sponsor members.
The 240kW solar system will be able to deliver up to 90% of the museum’s daily energy requirements. Image: SolarEdge.

Solar PV to provide up to 90% of power for Haynes Motor Museum

February 27, 2024
Yeovil-based Haynes Motor Museum has installed a DC-optimised rooftop solar system consisting of 370 PV panels on the building’s north-facing roof.
The project will incorporate agrivoltaics enabling sheep to graze under the panels. Image Lightsource bp.

Solar2 given greenlight for 50MW Yorkshire solar farm

February 16, 2024
The City of York Council has approved plans for a 49.9MW Hessay solar farm being developed by Solar2, a UK independently owned specialist renewable energy developer.
Fiskerton II-A (above) is just one of many projects in the East Midlands being developed. Image: Shanghai Electric.

DRD unveils early-stage plans for 750MW solar NSIP in Lincolnshire

February 15, 2024
Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) has unveiled plans to develop a 750MW solar and co-located storage project in Lincolnshire.
Greencoat has secured the portfolio in a £700 million deal. Image: BayWa (Schroders Greencoat).

Schroders Greencoat to complete UK’s ‘largest-ever solar acquisition’

January 25, 2024
Schroders Greencoat has revealed today that it will complete the UK’s “largest-ever solar acquisition” securing 53 sites from Toucan Energy.
Solar farm Barkham Image Wokingham Borough Council

Solar farm sees grid connection date cut by ‘more than a decade’

January 24, 2024
Wokingham Borough Council’s Barkham solar farm has been granted a grid connection “more than a decade earlier”.
Schroders Greencoat has £1.1 billion AUM across UK, Europe and the US. Image: Schroders.

Schroders Greencoat launches renewable semi-liquid fund

January 22, 2024
Schroders Greencoat has launched a new semi-liquid energy transition fund to support renewable technologies including solar, battery storage, and more.
Graham Stuart MP opens UK Solar Summit 2023. Image: Solar Media (Gareth Davies).

UK Solar Summit returns in 2024 featuring new Advisory Board

December 14, 2023
Solar Power Portal is delighted to announce that the UK Solar Summit will be returning in 2024 on 4-5 June.

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