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Alcemi grows Scottish storage pipeline with consent for 300MW BESS
2025-05-15Alcemi’s Kintore BESS will be progressed in collaboration with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its flagship funds. Image: Alcemi. Scottish ministers in the Energy Consents Unit have approved an application from energy storage de -
Eku Energy lands £45 million finance for Ocker Hill BESS
2025-05-15The package will fund the construction of the Ocker Hill BESS, shown here in a 3D render. Image: Eku Energy. Energy storage specialist Eku Energy has secured £45 million in debt financing to fund the construction of a new battery energy storage -
PPA innovation and capacity milestones in UK rooftop solar PV market
2025-05-14Each solar PV installation is projected to meet 15-20% of the site’s energy demand. Image: Two Blues Solar. Two Blues Solar has uted a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 120 sites owned by Marston’s PLC, while Nottingham Council’s Harvey Hadden -
‘You said, we did’: How a UK solar developer acted on community feedback
2025-05-14Marke Noone (pictured, right), Elements Green’s project director for GNR Solar, says: “For every topic that people raised, we didn’t think, ‘How do we respond to this’, we thought, ‘How do we do something about that?’” Image: Elements Green. Dev -
Government grants consent for Boom Power’s 400MW East Yorkshire solar NSIP
2025-05-13The consented site map for the 400MW East Yorkshire Solar Farm by Boom Power. Image: Boom Power. The government has granted planning consent for Boom Power’s 400MW East Yorkshire Solar Farm, a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) -
Contracts for Difference to be awarded on capacity ambition not monetary budget
2025-05-13EDF Renewables’ Longfield Solar Energy Farm won 299MW in the sixth round of the scheme. Image: EDF Renewables. Changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will replace the monetary budget applied to allocation rounds with a ‘capacity am -
Enray Power secures financing for first solar and BESS development
2025-05-10The largest operational solar plant in Yorkshire is the 55MW Skeeby project owned and operated by Atrato Onsite Energy (pictured). Image: Atrato Onsite Energy. Enray Power, a solar PV developer-operator, has reached financial close for its 68.5M -
Do solar farms boost biodiversity?
2025-05-10The conversation around solar farms often lacks reliable data, leading to conflicting narratives. Image: Lightrock Power. Understanding the effects on land and biodiversity caused by land-based renewables is far from straightforward, writes Tom -
Ethical Power scores three solar PV planning consents
2025-05-09Ethical Power put forward the three projects via Hive Ethical Project Developments, a joint venture with Hive Energy. Image: Ethical Power. Ethical Power has been granted planning permission for three solar power plants with combined generation -
DESNZ launches call for evidence for solar carports in the UK
2025-05-09An aerial view of Aviva’s Horizon Centre at Broadland Business Park outside Norwich, showing solar carports in the car park. Image: Aviva. The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a call for evidence to help increa