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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Japan’s biggest powerco opens global green hub in London
Japan’s largest power company is basing its new global renewables business in London. JERA Nex will develop, own and operate renewable assets, including offshore...
BG braves dreich Scots skies, extends solar PV offering. Sassenach hames, and aw!
Fans of bonny Scotland’s often inclement weather observe that "today’s rain is tomorrow’s whisky".
Under brighter conditions, in contrast, the nation’s mams & grans comment...
National Grid pledges £2.7m of solar PV to ‘challenged’ schools: two save £3.5k in...
Schools wanting radically to axe bills & carbon emissions by installing solar PV panels are to receive new funding from National Grid’s regional DNO...
Co-op collects divi from ScottishPower’s solar PPA
Energy-to-food-to-burials supplier the Co-op Group has signed a PPA – power purchase agreement - to source electricity for its stores, funeral homes and depots...