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Solar Power Portal @SolarPowerPort

The Leading resource for the UK solar supply chain, part of the @Solarmedialtd group.

Joined April 2010
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Carlyle-backed Revera takes FID on 800MWh BESS: ‘a vote of confidence in Scotland’ dlvr.it/TT2y6W

Revera takes FID on 800MWh BESS in Scotland

The IPP expects to start building the project in Q3 2026, one of three in Scotland it is building totalling 1GW/2GWh and £500 million of investment.

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IPP Elgin launches construction on 112MW of solar PV across England and Wales dlvr.it/TT2wJP

IPP Elgin launches construction on 112MW of UK solar PV

They are the Aston Flamville and Thorpe projects in Leicestershire and Staffordshire (England) and the Maes Mawr project in Glamorgan in Wales.

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UK High Court dismisses legal challenge against BOOM Power’s 29.7MW Yorkshire solar PV project dlvr.it/TT0shT

UK High Court dismisses challenge against BOOM Power PV project

The UK High Court has dismissed a challenge against IPP BOOM Power, which had received planning permission to build the 29.7MW Woolley solar PV project.

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UK's political divide on climate change is endangering energy security dlvr.it/TT0qLX

UK political divide on climate change endangers energy security

Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Labour party are at odds over climate change and energy policy. How, why, and what are its impacts?b

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The energy wake up call UK industry can’t afford to ignore dlvr.it/TT0np6

The energy wake up call UK industry can’t afford to ignore

James Wakelin, head of sustainability at warehousing provider Indurent, explores the case for commercial and industrial solar installations.

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Electricity Storage Network publishes BESS guide for communities and policymakers dlvr.it/TT03xk

ESN publishes guide addressing common BESS concerns in the UK

The guide addresses common planning concerns including fire safety, cybersecurity, biodiversity and traffic.

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Enviromena raises £175 million debt facility to accelerate 1GW UK solar pipeline dlvr.it/TSzvpx

Enviromena secures £175 million financing for UK solar portfolio

Enviromena has secured a Holdco debt financing facility of up to £175 million from European asset manager Eiffel Investment Group.

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Firm connection dates issued to 37GW clean power due to connect by 2030 dlvr.it/TSzrPd

Connection dates issued to 37GW clean power to connect by 2030

NESO has confirmed that over half of the renewable energy projects set to come online before 2030 now have firm grid connection offers.

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What to expect from AR8 after a record-breaking AR7 dlvr.it/TSz3wC

What to expect from AR8 after a record-breaking AR7

Allocation round 8 (AR8) for the UK Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme in the UK is highly anticipated.

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Gülermak Renewables, ElectroRoute ink 50MW CfD-backed PPA dlvr.it/TSyq77

Gülermak Renewables, ElectroRoute ink 50MW CfD-backed PPA

Energy investor Gülermak Renewables has signed a 10-year PPA with energy trading firm ElectroRoute for a 49.5MW solar PV project in Essex.

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Earlier commitment, not just engagement: Solar developers' response to supply chain constraints dlvr.it/TSxrgn

UK solar developers' response to supply chain constraints

Supply chain isn't the sole reason that the utility-scale solar development process has evolved, says Patrick Doyle of Elmya.

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Qair reaches financial close on first UK solar PV project dlvr.it/TSxr8j

Qair reaches financial close on first UK solar PV project

This is the IPP's first UK project to reach financial close, with construction expected to begin this month.

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Ex-Ripple Energy assets to be managed by direct impact investment platform Ethex dlvr.it/TSx4L6

Ex-Ripple Energy assets to be managed by Ethex platform

Direct impact investing platform Ethex will officially become registrar for three ex-Ripple Energy-owned renewable energy generation projects.

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CIP sells minority stakes in 1GWh Scotland BESS to state-owned funds dlvr.it/TSwxdQ

CIP sells minority stake in 1GWh Scotland BESS to government

The Denmark-headquartered investor will retain a majority stake in the project in Scotland which is scheduled for 2028 commissioning.

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UK government mulls community battery storage subsidy dlvr.it/TSv1F9

UK government mulls community battery storage subsidy

Energy minister Michael Shanks says community batteries can “put power back into the hands of local people”.

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UK CfD scheme drives industry optimism for UK renewables investment landscape dlvr.it/TStl7V

UK CfD scheme drives optimism for UK investment landscape

“The landscape, in general, is quite good,” Anastasios Christakis said of the policy environment for UK solar projects.

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Britain's next energy dependency is already taking shape dlvr.it/TStg9h

Britain's next energy dependency is already taking shape

Rishi Srivastava, co-founder of Offgrid Energy Labs, writes that scaling lithium-ion risks swapping one geopolitical dependency for another.

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Nova commissions 400kW floating solar project at UK silica sand quarry dlvr.it/TSt1VS

Nova commissions 400kW floating solar project in Cheshire

Nova Innovation has commissioned a 400kW floating solar PV project at Bathgate Silica Sand's North Arclid quarry in Cheshire, England.

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Aura Power secures financing for 49.9MWp Staffordshire solar project dlvr.it/TSsrl6

Aura Power secures financing for 49.9MWp Staffordshire PV project

The financing package includes a senior debt provided by Rabobank, bringing the number of Aura Power projects with secured construction financing to six.

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Fidra Energy buys 1GW BESS from Innova dlvr.it/TSsmk1

Fidra Energy buys 1GW BESS from Innova

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Fidra Energy has acquired a gigawatt-scale BESS from Innova.

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