To bolster the UK’s renewable generation capacity, the UK Government has today (3 August) unveiled a £22 million increase in funding for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, which will include solar.
Trade body Solar Energy UK has published a new study of public attitudes towards solar development which finds that most people living near solar sites support the technology.
The UK government has published solar PV deployment statistics which show a total of 15.2GW of solar capacity, an increase of 6.7% in the year since June 2022.
Qcells and RenEnergy are helping to turn 4,000 m2 of disused space at Cranfield University into an energy saving hub with funding from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
Four batteries totaling 100MWh have been activated by Pulse Clean Energy and Habitat Energy as part of a diesel-to-battery conversion programme in the UK.
Equity fund DIF has announced the “UK’s first” bankable and unsubsidised co-located Power Purchase Agreement and optimisation agreement (hybrid PPA) for solar.
Energy company Centrica Business Solutions has confirmed it has secured the development rights for a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant – its largest to date.
