Community-owned BESS already 80% funded by the public
Since the share offer was opened in March, 200 investors have paid in £440,000 to install the BESS at Ray Valley Solar.
UK’s Clean Power 2030 mission hinges on global critical minerals supply chain
“Without critical minerals, and copper in particular, there is no energy transition,” stresses Joel Watson, head of geopolitical strategy, international critical minerals team at the UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office.
Grid connection challenge will get worse before it gets better, UK operator says
‘I think the market has focused on the administrative queue, and I don’t think it understands that the problem is now going to be the physical and operational implementation of that queue,’ our source said.
UK government’s Clean Power 2030 mission is ‘a great opportunity, but also a great challenge’
Solar Power Portal spoke to Giles Wilkes about how the government’s Industrial Strategy will play a role in its Clean Power mission, ahead of the Clean Power 2030 Summit.
‘Go big and go hard’ on lithium-ion?: Dangers of over-procuring LDES via cap-and-floor in focus
While the UK government’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme is a sound approach, there is a lively discussion around how much to procure in the first Window.
Two consecutive records broken as GB solar generation hits 14.4GW
At the time of record generation on 7 April, solar generation met 35% of Great Britain’s electricity consumption.
Miliband accelerates solar amid Middle East price shock threat
According to Miliband, “there can be no energy security while we are so dependent on fossil fuels.”
Impact of Middle East conflict on UK energy prices: Will CP2030 prevent another energy crisis?
Marginal pricing models used in Great Britain mean that regardless of renewable penetration, cost is almost always set by gas.
Irish renewables provided nearly 50% electricity in February
Wind generation represented the majority of the share with 41.1% or 1,245GWh of wind generation, while solar PV generation rose from 0.8% in January to 1.2% in February, as shown in the chart below.
Aura Power starts commercial operations at 49.9MW Kemble solar project, completes transition to IPP
The company started exporting power from the project last month, and now the facility is the first in Aura’s portfolio to reach fully operational status.
