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                 Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has energised a 99MW battery in Buckinghamshire, England. The 198 megawatt hour Bumpers grid battery adds to HEIT’s operational portfolio, which includes the 98MW/196MWh Pillswood battery in Yorkshire and the 49.5MW/99 MWh Little Raith battery in Scotland.…

                 The UK National Infrastructure Commission has recommended adding low carbon, flexible technologies to the electricity system to ensure a highly renewable energy system remains reliable. Its Second National Infrastructure Assessment, a five-yearly review into the UK’s energy, transport and other key networks,…

                 A German bill to increase the expansion of solar photovoltaics is undergoing its first reading in the Bundestag. Dennis Rendschmidt, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems, said: “The law is an important step towards further strengthening the expansion of photovoltaics in Germany.…

                 Lightsource BP and utility Conway Corp have completion of the 135MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Arkansas. The solar farm will deliver home-grown, clean energy to Conway Corp under a PPA with Lightsource BP. Conway Solar is projected to…

                 Solar developer Alight has doubled its company headcount with new hires. The company has hired 12 employees since August and now employs 75 staff across its offices and locations, up from 38 in March. The company now has 11 employees based in…

                 Developer Low Carbon has begun energising a 22MW solar farm in Buckinghamshire in England.  The Fox Covert Solar Farm is the company’s first project to energise as part of a pipeline of solar and battery projects in excess of 3GW in the…

                 Cubico Sustainable Investments has put nine new solar projects into operation in Colombia through its joint venture with Celsia this year. The developments, totalling 200MW, comprise San Felipe, Melgar, Yuma, Dulima and Flandes in Tolima; and Buga 1, Palmira 1, Palmira 3,…

                  Ilmatar’s first Swedish solar farm has become fully permitted and now stands ready to be built. The 55MWp site will be constructed on two locations covering approximately 54 hectares of land in Knihult, Småland, southern Sweden. In addition to solar panels,…

                 Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has taken over as owner’s engineer and principal designer for NTR’s 40MW Ockenden Solar PV Park in Essex, England. Anticipated to be one of the UK’s largest solar parks, the site will comprise more…

                 Nexta Infrastructure Holdco has agreed to buy a 26.5MW Italian solar portfolio. The projects, ranging from 1MW to 7.3MW are being sold by solar producer R.Power Group and are located in different parts of the country, including Sicily and Umbria. The final…