Solar

Building new gas turbines risks stranding £9bn of assets

Harnessing innovation to accelerate the transition to net zero

Anesco to build 200MW solar portfolio for Gresham House

Low-carbon generation dipped in Q3

Gridserve opens first ‘Electric Forecourt’ in Essex

Gridserve has opened the first of 100 “Electric Forecourts” the company plans to build over next five years at Braintree in Essex. The station has the capacity to charge 36 electric vehicles at the same time at rates of up to 350kW.

Low-carbon auctions ‘no longer technology neutral’

Deal agreed to build UK’s largest community-owned solar park

A deal has been agreed to build the largest community-owned solar park in the UK, which will generate 18GWh of electricity per year. Renewable investment company Low Carbon has struck an agreement with Oxfordshire-based social enterprise Low Carbon Hub for the rights to its 19MW Arncott Solar Park.

Offshore wind to compete in separate CfD pot

Review to examine growth of Welsh renewables

The Welsh Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into how the UK Government can best support the development of the principality’s renewable energy resources.

Winners and losers from PM’s green plan

Utility Week’s policy correspondent David Blackman discusses the implications on the utilities sector of Boris Johnson’s plan for a “green industrial revolution”. He assesses the winners and losers from the speech, as well as the areas where question marks remain.

Social Energy expands into Australia with solar offering

Centrica completes local energy market trial in Cornwall

CfD rule change may have ‘significant unintended consequences’

New renewables fund looks to raise £200m with initial public offering

Chancellor urged to exempt onsite renewables from business rates