Molly Green

The UK’s new Labour government took power last summer, promising a renewable energy revolution, with solar playing a lead role.

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has begun commercial operations at a 373MW solar PV plant in the UK.

The UK government has released this week (30 June) its Solar Roadmap, which sets out practical measures to meet the country’s solar PV targets.

The UK government has decided it will not sign a Contract for Difference (CfD) with Xlinks for the 11.5GW Morroco-UK interconnector project.

Molly Green tracks the efforts made by Elements Green to respond to the concerns of local opponents to solar projects in the UK.

In the fourth round the Irish Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS 4), approximately 1,334 MW of onshore renewable electricity won support.

In total 93 ground-based solar PV projects were awarded Contracts for Difference in the sixth auction round (AR6).

The UK’s Standard Chartered Bank will provide a €249 million (£213 million) loan for Turkish investment company Kalyon Enerji.

Global grid capacity needs to grow 2.5 times its current size, and annual expenditure on grids must more than double to US$970 billion by 2050, according to a new report from DNV.