The grid connection process is one of the most significant challenges to co-located solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, a panel of experts has noted.

Due to solar PV and wind capacity distributed across large areas and multiple locations, expanding the grid would allow renewable energy projects to connect and deliver power in the needed quantities.

About 10% of Dunton’s total annual electricity demand, which is 55,000MWh, according to the carmaker, will be met by the solar PV array. Image: Ford. Ford Motor Company’s UK headquarters has ...

Ford Motor Company’s UK headquarters has commissioned a 5.2MWp solar PV array that it says could fuel a Ford E-Transit for 14 million miles.

Ford Motor Company’s UK headquarters has commissioned a 5.2MWp solar PV array that it says could fuel a Ford E-Transit for 14 million miles.

A drone shot of the Thorpe Marsh site. Image: Fidra Energy. Edinburgh-headquartered Fidra Energy has received planning consent for its first battery storage site at Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire. Doncaster ...

The chancellor of the exchequer set out her vision for the UK’s economic growth, calling net zero the “industrial opportunity of the 21st Century”. Image: Lauren Hurley / No. 10 Downing Street via ...

Proposed changes to the NSIP process call for a more flexible approach for solar NSIPs. Image: UK Government. The UK government has announced its new Planning and Infrastructure Bill will come into ...

The development is the second largest BESS development consented in the UK. Image: Innova. Renewable energy developer Innova has been granted full planning consent for a 49.9MW solar development with ...

E-STORAGE, part of Canadian Solar’s majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar, signed contracts covering both BESS projects, which are scheduled to begin construction in 2027. Image: Canadian Solar.

This is the fifth sale Innova has made to Schroders. Image: Innova. Renewable energy developer Innova has sold its27.5MW Ducklington Solar project to investment firm Schroders Greencoat. The ...

In similar news, renewable energy company RES’ 45MW BESS near Alness substation in Scotland has also been consented. Image: RES. Renewable Power Capital (RPC) and Greenfield have received planning ...