British solar blazes past 15 GW, as roof-owners stave off rocketing power prices
Rocketing electricity bills now dropping onto doormats are spurring the fastest deployment of solar generation since the technology’s mass subsidies ended three years ago,...
Rebel Energy & partner sign 3,000 households to receive blockchain-certified renewables
In a move claimed as a UK first, two debutant power partners say they’ve brought low carbon electricity certified by peer-to-peer blockchain to 3,000...
EDF eyes south Wales for multi-tech renewables park
EDF Renewables UK is planning to develop a 100 MW renewable energy park in Neath Port Talbot.
The Hirfynydd Park will feature of a mix of...
CfD Allocation Round 4 results: Ørsted’s Hornsea 3, world’s biggest offshore wind farm, plots...
Almost £200 billion pounds of investment in Britain’s continuing green energy revolution are about to be released for nearly 11GW of new capacity, thanks...
Solar farms still most popular form of renewables, government survey confirms
Large scale solar farms remain overwhelmingly popular with neighbours and local voters, a government study has revealed.
More than four in five – or 81%...
Anesco to part-decarbonise Dragon’s LNG terminal
Gas terminal operator Dragon LNG has teamed up with solar developer Anesco to build a 35-acre PV farm on its land near Milford Haven,...
Britain’s biggest solar PV farm seeks more comments from Lincolnshire neighbours
Altered design and management features of what is believed to be Britain’s biggest solar farm have today been published for public comment.
Developer and asset...
Mitie buys installer Custom Solar for £12.4 million
Facilities and buildings management leader Mitie has bought PV installers Custom Solar, it told investors today.
The fee for the company based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,...
London calling: More cash for solar installation trades
Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged more help including a £130,000 skills fund to boost London’s fast-growing solar installations sector.
Solar Skills London, a next generation...
First time solar developer Conrad Energy has 45MWp PV farm approved near Hereford
Planners in rural Herefordshire have praised an application they’ve approved for a giant 45MWp solar farm.
Debutant developer Conrad Energy’s application for the 120 acre...
Surrey solar array to electrify students
One fifth of the University of Surrey’s electricity may flow from its own 12.2MWp solar farm as early as 2024.
Land at Blackwell Farm, on...
Sunshine on Leith – and up to 6 GW of new PV arrays –...
Scotland could be in for an imminent bonanza in skilled jobs, care of clean, quickly deployed and popular solar power.
In his novel ‘Blandings Castle’,...
‘Renewables acting like baseload’: Octopus joins Essex-based £16 Bn pipeline to Morocco
Green mega-investor Octopus is teaming up with Billericay-based energy entrepreneurs seeking to pump renewable electricity from southern Morocco to Britain.
Essex start-up Xlinks announced in...
Graze expectations: Birds, bees, bugs & biodiversity bigged up in new solar guide
Wild creatures munching grass and sipping nectar from flowers flourishing on pesticide-free ground beneath solar arrays are the focus of a guide just released...
“Knowing storage, knowing you, a-Ha!” North Norfolk to host digital solution
The fund is set to plug 6MW/12 MWh of storage into one of its 91 UK solar parks, this one deep in the heritage...
BayWa seeks Derbyshire views on 163 MWp solar farm
Clean power developer BayWa r.e. is inviting Derbyshire folks’ views on a big proposed solar park at Oaklands Farm, near Rosliston in the south...
SSE pays £481 million to tilt at Siemens Gamesa’s sunny windmills
British generator SSE Renewables is set to venture into the Mediterranean wind and solar business, after its purchase today of the southern European assets...
Cooling panels means “solar electricity possible at night”, low wattage breakthrough promises
Solar arrays generating miniscule amounts of power overnight could still charge up mobile phones during the hours of darkness, an experiment at Stanford University...
Teralight seeks 180 MW of solar ventures in Britain
Israeli solar developer Teralight is seeking to launch in the UK, in quest of 180 MW of PV projects.
In the second of today’s stories...
Centrica targets 900 MW of UK solar parks, needs Push to start
British Gas’s parent Centrica has inked an outline agreement aimed at achieving 900 MW of solar generation and storage in the UK by 2026.
Partnering...