The 232 panels planned for the Northampton venue’s roof should cover its yearly demand, but evening performances make it a textbook case for adding battery storage.
The cooling towers at West Burton in the Midlands of England have gone quiet, but the connections to the national network remain. RES’s newly consented Steeple solar farm is part of a wider shift towards former power station sites.
Almost 100,000 electric cars were registered in September, according to New AutoMotive, but ministers are still weighing a softer 2030 target of as little as 50 percent.
Households have snapped up the first kits since the 27 August rule change, emptying some sellers’ shelves. Approvals, export payments and batteries are still being worked out.
Andy Burnham’s new public grid body will co-invest with private operators and bid for transmission work. What is it, how does it work and why does the politics matter?
An eight-point, 400 kW charging installation at Astwick becomes both a UK-first for Kempower and a first for its 2024 partnership with financing provider DLL.
The UK's largest energy supplier has begun selling plug-in solar kits starting from £450, days after new rules made the systems legal for UK households without rooftop installations.
Battery electric vehicles had their strongest August on record, with cars taking 30 percent of new registrations and vans reaching 17 percent, as sales continued to outpace the UK's zero-emission vehicle targets for a third straight month.
Rivan Industries has commissioned its first commercial-scale synthetic natural gas system, powered entirely by solar and operating fully off-grid, with a 10-unit production run planned for 2027.
Devices generating up to 800W are now on legal sale at leading UK retailers including Currys and B&Q, with the government citing potential household savings of up to £110 a year.
Rising costs and slowing installation growth are reshaping the UK's charging industry, with InstaVolt's acquisition of the smaller GeniePoint network pointing to a wave of consolidation among operators.
The Greek energy group is expanding its M RESET division with grid-scale storage projects in three European markets. Recent milestones include a 129 MW project in the UK, a 25 MW asset in Italy and Greece's largest standalone battery at 330 MW.
Econergy has closed its second UK storage deal with Santander and EDF this year, underpinning what will become one of Britain's largest batteries operating above two hours.
The logistics provider is combining PV, storage and EV charging at its main distribution site, targeting a 50 percent reduction in electricity costs while meeting growing operational needs.
The solar and storage investor's UK fund has added three operational battery sites in southeast England, taking standalone capacity to 165 MW after NEUK I's £733 million final close.
BW ESS is taking over the 250 MW/1,000 MWh Yanco project, which will be capable of powering around 430,000 homes for four hours once operational in 2028.
The global storage specialist has acquired a 300 MW / 600 MWh battery project in Oxfordshire, connecting to the recently upgraded Didcot substation ahead of a planned 2028 commissioning.
Danske Bank is financing the construction of Indian Queens, a hybrid renewable asset combining a 68 MW solar park with a 47.5 MW / 95 MWh battery system. Commercial operations are expected in 2027, with both generation and storage sharing a single grid connection.
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has switched on a 600 kWh battery system paired with rooftop solar, delivered by ZLC Energy using six Solis PrimePower units. The setup is expected to offset around 75 percent of the hospital's electricity use.
The sale follows a £250 million debt refinancing and £40 million equity raise, and is part of InstaVolt‘s strategy shift toward the UK and Ireland since the business entered Iberia in 2023.
With deployments accelerating in Brighton, Reading and beyond, char.gy's lamp-column model is turning on-street parking into a practical charging option for millions of UK households.
AlphaReal has acquired Trinity Hall Solar Farm from European Energy, taking on the operational 15 MW Bedfordshire project complete with a long-term corporate power purchase agreement.
Danish developer European Energy has started construction of the Indian Queens project in Cornwall, combining 67.96 MW of solar capacity with a 95 MWh battery system, with revenues secured through a corporate PPA and a capacity market contract.
A new pre-tax payroll scheme from Heva Energy lets UK employees fund residential PV, storage and EV chargers without upfront cost, cutting household electricity bills by up to half.
The deal opens char.gy's residential charging network to fleet drivers without driveways, addressing a pan-European sticking point as city electrification outpaces on-street provision.
