Plans for a 50MW battery storage facility at ScottishPower's Whitelee onshore wind farm have already been approved. Image: ScottishPower. ScottishPower is to retrofit its onshore wind farms with new solar and battery storage capacities as part of a major hybridisation...
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Lightsource BP delivers night time reactive power using solar in ‘UK first’
A solar farm has provided National Grid ESO with reactive power overnight in what is being lauded as a UK first. Solar inverters at one of Lightsource BP’s solar plants were used to provide a reactive power service on Monday 4 November. The solar inverters are capable...
Labour launches manifesto, including boost for solar and nationalisation plans
The Labour Party today launched its manifesto, cementing it’s plans to expand renewables, including solar, and nationalise the energy sector. The party has been forthcoming in its plans for decarbonisation, both before and after the General Election taking place...
Lib Dems unveil manifesto, pledging to remove barriers to solar
The Liberal Democrats party has released its manifesto for the upcoming general election, promising to ramp up support for renewables. Under a Lib Dem leadership, community and decentralised energy would be expanded, with a requirement for all new homes to be fitted...
Power companies remind customers to be ready for if the lights go out
Britons have been told to keep torches and gloves handy in case there are power outages, amid potential engineer shortages. A combination of staff sickness due to the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s guidance on non-essential workers to stay at home, mean...
Bluefield outlines COVID-19 contingency plans as it continues O&M work
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has outlined the measures it's currently taking as part of its COVID-19 (coronavirus) contingency plan, in a general update published today (25 March). In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bluefield’s key service providers have all...
Homeowner – Solar PV – Battery – Heat Pump – Case Study
Homeowner Industry-leading solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, energy storage and heat pump technologies have been combined alongside an existing solar thermal system to create a low carbon house that provides the homeowner with more control over their energy consumption....