RWE signs first UK solar PPA, commits Notts & Northhants farms to Kerry Group
German energy leviathan RWE, a leading power producer in the UK, has signed its first solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Britain.
Benefitting for at...
Mapping for wind & solar: England “can produce 13x more clean energy than now”,...
Easing barriers to new onshore wind and solar power could see England alone producing 13 times more low carbon electricity than at present on...
Enviromena swoops for 70MWp Medebridge solar project
Clean energy developer Enviromena has bought an unbuilt 70MWp solar farm at Medebridge, Essex for an undisclosed sum.
Sited close to the Thames near Orsett,...
Peel & E.ON start work at Liverpool Docks on UK’s ‘biggest rooftop solar install’
Ports operator Peel Group is partnering with its power supplier E.ON to install what they expect to be Britain’s biggest roof-mounted solar PV system.
The...
bp allies with thin-film solar supplier Solivus
Solivus, a pioneering developer of lightweight solar solutions, has been awarded a three-year contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of solar PV...
Jaguar goes big on solar, seeks a quarter of its power from on-site arrays
Car maker Jaguar Land Rover is pushing ahead with ambitions to meet over a quarter of its electricity needs from self-developed renewables assets, sourcing...
New boss for Morocco-to-Devon solar & wind venture
Xlinks, developers of a £16 billion scheme to pipe solar & wind power from Morocco to Britain, have a new CEO.
James Humfrey, pictured, has...
EDF plugs in to market-leading PV & battery deal
Nuclear-to-renewables power supplier EdF has signed one of Britain’s biggest energy management deals, optimising revenues from a solar 66MWp farm and a 50MW grid-scale...
Carlton & Kraft Heinz opt for green hydrogen at Wigan mega-factory
Energy infrastructure innovators Carlton Power have inked a deal with groceries colossus Kraft Heinz to develop the food firm’s first ever green hydrogen supply...
British solar panel maker sets new world efficiency record
Pioneer solar technologists Oxford PV have set a new record for the world’s most efficient solar panel, marking a crucial milestone in the clean...
Councils hail Britain’s biggest solar deal, as Schroders swoops for failed Toucan’s £700m portfolio
Bankrupt Thurrock Council has sold its solar investments for £700 million, offloading the 513.5 MWp portfolio of collapsed developer Toucan Energy.
In a transaction billed...
Dunelm ups solar roll-out across UK stores
Home furnishings specialist Dunelm said this morning it is stepping up solar generation on-site at its UK stores this year.
Three more sites will benefit...
Octopus withdraws from Spanish solar projects
Octopus’ investment vehicle is dropping its options to buy into 175MW of ready-to-build solar farms in Spain, profiting by £3 million on the unbuilt...
PV installers welcome easing of rules for solar on historic or protected homes
The solar industry’s biggest trade body has praised the government’s intention to make installing solar panels on listed buildings more straightforward.
A review published this...
Statkraft inks CPPA to supply Workspace from 20MW Devon solar farm
Europe’s biggest renewables generator Statkraft has agreed a ten year corporate PPA to supply a hosted office firm with solar power from the 20MW...
Renewables output in 2023 ‘enough to power all UK homes‘, ECIU calculates
Academics at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit say the 90TWh of electricity generated in 2023 by Britain’s wind, solar and hydro sectors alone...
Developers RES listen to neighbours, tweak design for Kent solar farm
Solar developers RES have revised their planning application for a giant 50MW PV park in Kent, in response to demands from its neighbours.
The firm...
Solar wins VAT battery battle, as PV installs surge towards 2 million homes
Solar electricity campaigners are celebrating success in their struggle to remove VAT from domestic batteries retrofitted to homes already benefitting from PV panels.
Victory in...
Every photon helps: Tesco to install solar on 100 more stores before 2027
Mega-retailer and solar power leader Tesco has unveiled plans to install PV arrays on one hundred more of its UK stores in only the...
Government lifts planning curbs outside conservation areas for solar PV
Ministers are easing planning restrictions on roofs, in a bid to speed adoption of on-site generation of low carbon solar power.
Industrial roofs and public...