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UK large-scale solar pipeline tops 5GW as project developers return to action
Image: Lightsource. The UK solar pipeline of large-scale, ground-mount solar farms has grown dramatically during 2019, with 66 new solar farms identified, accounting for 1.8 GW of capacity. This has taken the pipeline of UK large-scale, ground-mounted solar farms to...
Wokingham gears up for school solar installs
Wokingham Borough Council has become the latest to embrace solar, pledging school installs during the next academic year. Solar is to be installed on schools, libraries, leisure centres and other council-owned buildings, supporting Wokingham Borough Council’s goal of...
Solar-plus-EVs economics to trigger a ‘relentless and irreversible decline’ for oil, report states
Image: Chargepoint. The economics of combining solar and other renewables with electric vehicles is becoming so compelling that the oil sector faces a “relentless and irreversible decline”, a new report from BNP Paribas has concluded. The report, dubbed ‘Wells, wires...
Coal closures continue as RWE shutters 1.56GW plant
RWE is to close its 1.56GW Aberthaw B coal-fired power station in March 2020, taking the UK’s operational coal fleet down to four. RWE cited ‘challenging’ market conditions as making the closure necessary. Those market conditions were also cited as the reason behind...
HMRC pushes steep VAT increase for new solar-battery systems
The Renewable Energy Association says the hike ‘contradicts the government’s commitment to tackling climate change’. Photograph: Simon Dack/Alamy Homes hoping to shrink their carbon footprints by installing a solar-battery system face a steep VAT increase from October...
MCS consults on new battery storage certification scheme
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has launched a consultation on its new certification for battery energy storage systems. The consultation is to last a month, closing to responses on 23 August at 5:00pm. The MCS first announced it was to launch a...
Flexibility response triggered by drop in grid frequency to 49.59Hz
Flexibility providers called on by National Grid ESO jumped into action in response to grid frequency falling to 49.59Hz. Last Thursday saw a drop in grid frequency that resulted in frequency responses from storage assets, with the event peaking at 8:53am. The system...
Familiar face for UK solar as Leadsom returns to BEIS as Clark’s successor
The UK solar industry will see a familiar face leading on UK energy policy after ex-energy minister Andrea Leadsom returned to to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to succeed Greg Clark as energy secretary. Leadsom served as energy...
Moving forward to self-consumption in the UK solar market
As PV markets mature, it is natural for incentive structures to evolve. This can be partially attributed to the market approaching or reaching grid parity. Many European countries are either close to or nearly at grid parity. This has been achieved due to increasing...