The UK is to become home to Europe’s largest battery flywheel system in a first for the country which will provide fast acting frequency response services and aid the integration of renewables.
A coalition of generators affected by outages on the Isle of Wight has released a statement revealing that a number of assets were fully curtailed for almost the majority of April after SSEN provided just two months’ notice of the disconnection.
Liam Stoker looks back at the contributing factors to UK solar’s record-breaking half-hour last Friday as the industry sets its sights on further landmarks to come this summer.
Rockfire Energy has doubled its target UK solar acquisitions pipeline after completing a deal to take over a 105MW portfolio from developer Wirsol Energy.
Solar farms on the Isle of Wight are set for a summer of rolling constraint periods while Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) and National Grid conduct work on the island’s infrastructure, SPP can reveal.