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The largest council-owned energy storage site in the UK has been energised and is now operational . South Somerset District Council’s 25MW storage site near Taunton is now providing grid balancing services to National Grid. The c.£9.8 million project was originally announced in 2018; the site was purchased in May 2019 and developed over the […]

Solar PV costs fall 82% over the last decade, says IRENA

Solar PV costs fall 82% over the last decade, says IRENA

Solar photovoltaics (PV) has seen the sharpest cost decline of any electricity technology over the last decade. A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found that between 2010-2019, the cost of solar PV globally dropped by 82%. Across the...