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SSE Renewables has acquired a portfolio of onshore wind development projects that includes scope for 1GW of additional co-located solar development opportunities.

A 10.8MW battery-based energy storage system (BESS) supplied by Fluence for the Killala Community Wind Farm has entered the commissioning phase.

EDP Renewables (EDPR) is aiming to cement its position in the UK renewables market, with plans to invest £660 million over the next five years.

In the second part of a two-part feature for Solar Power Portal, Q CELLS’ Ian Clover discusses the diversification of the solar industry into other areas of clean energy as solar PV continues to evolve and the challenges it may still face.

EDP Renewables (EDPR) has reached agreements to acquire a 544MW UK wind and solar portfolio, 118MW of which is solar currently under development.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) is looking to diversify its portfolio, branching out into storage and other renewable technologies.

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a major green electricity project, including the installation of solar panels on 187 of its sites covering 335,000m2.

BayWa r.e. has amassed 2GW in its solar and wind management portfolio, two years after it entered the UK O&M market.

National Grid has completed the $100 million (£80 million) acquisition of US solar and wind developer Geronimo Energy.

Solar capacity is set for a 17-fold increase globally by 2050 owing to falling technology costs, particularly in battery energy storage, and a decline in the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE), according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).