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Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has raised £31.2 million in an oversubscribed share placing, with funds to go towards a potential acquisition.

UK battery storage firm Zenobe has secured £25 million in funding to target behind-the-meter services and construction of new utility-scale projects.

The Octopus Group will float a new renewables fund, the Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, on the London Stock Exchange.

Gresham House has raised £41.6 million through a new share placing to fund both its existing pipeline and a new pipeline of operational and new build assets, falling short of the £58 million it originally targeted.

A £55 million fund has been earmarked for five projects looking at developing the next generation of battery storage technology.

A £10 million fund has been launched to support community renewable projects, including solar.

Bristol City Council is to proceed with its ‘City Leap’ initiative, which is to further the city’s renewable energy deployment.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded multi-million-pound funding to trials of solar used in conjunction with railways, roads and footways.

With 2017 drawing to a close, Solar Power Portal recaps some of the most popular and important stories of the year. In the first of a series of articles in the lead up to Christmas, today we look at January, February and March.