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By Martin McConnell July 1, 2026 Critical Minerals Firm EVelution Energy LLC has announced the start of construction on the solar energy facility that will power its planned cobalt processing facility in Yuma County, Arizona. The project represents a $450 million investment and will provide EVelution with 28 MW of solar energy over an area of 150 hectares, company officials say. The final site will be the first U.S. commercial-scale cobalt metal and cobalt sulfate processing facility powered entirely by renewable solar energy. “Today’s groundbreaking marks another important milestone in our efforts to rebuild America’s domestic processing capacity for critical…
International renewable energy developer Greenfield has successfully secured planning permission for a 99.9 MW BESS in Shropshire, UK.Greenfield has worked with developer Renewable Power Capital (RPC) to develop the Ironbridge BESS project, which will connect to the distribution network via the former Ironbridge Power Station Substation. The substation was connected to the Ironbridge Power Stations, which were completely switched off in 2015, and demolition began in 2017 after Power Station B was decommissioned.The Ironbridge BESS will contribute to the stability and network efficiency of the UK electricity grid by providing appropriate stored energy in response to supply and demand. It…
In successive announcements, Innagreen Investments and Enviromena announced their acquisitions of solar farms in Nottinghamshire and Surrey respectively. Innagreen’s purchase of Longhedge Solar Farm in Nottinghamshire comes as the green investment company expands its presence in the UK renewable energy market. The solar farm is an approved project being developed by RES and is expected to deliver approximately 49.9 MW of clean energy once online. As agreed, RES will continue the development and construction of Longhedge Solar Farm and provide technical services once it is operational. For Innagreen, this setup will enable a smooth transition, which will benefit the site’s…
Solar-based distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems in rural India can generate electricity at a lower cost than conventional power grids, according to a new study. The report says careful planning around local demand, storage, grid conditions, financing and long-term operations is needed to realize these savings. A joint report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Idam Infrastructure Advisory Pvt. Ltd., “Scaling Rural Distributed Renewable Energy in India: A Framework for Planning and Implementation,” says Village Energy Plans (VEPs), based on system modeling and field research, are essential for translating the cost benefit of DRE into reliable, scalable…
Ben Golding, Director of the Clean Power 2030 Unit, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), opened the Clean Power 2030 Summit this morning with a progress update. Nearly two years into the Clean Power 2030 mission, “we’ve done the easy part,” Golding said. “We’re now getting into the hardest part.”The three core goals of the Clean Power Mission – the main 95% clean energy system, that 100% of consumption should be covered by clean energy and that CO2 emissions will be 50 g/kWh, instead of 100 g/kWh – are, according to Golding, at the “outer limit of possibility.”…
The reform of grid connections has been difficult and challenging, but the challenges will now shift to building out the newly formed pipeline and the whole process has been a useful lesson for future reforms. That was one of the key messages from the panel discussion ‘Grid Access in Practice’ at the Clean Energy Summit 2030a two-day conference that started today, organized by our publisher Solar Media, part of Informa. It comes as UK developers are grappling with a major overhaul of the way energy projects are connected to the grid, being carried out by the National Energy System Operator…
According to LCP Delta’s Power Market Outlook Report, 83% of Britain’s electricity generation will come from clean energy sources by 2030. This is 12% less than the 95% figure the government is targeting in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.The report also shows that while current plans will allow Britain to reach 83% clean energy by 2030, a further 28 GW of renewable infrastructure would be needed to reach the target. The purpose of the action plan.Clean energy generation has increased, rising from 68% in 2020 to 74% by the end of 2025. Despite this, the 95% figure according to…
The UK energy sector is in a “different world” due to the faltering consensus on energy policy and climate change, according to Tim Warham, former senior policy adviser at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Speaking at the Clean Power 2030 summit in London today, Warham said the cross-party consensus that emerged in the 2010 coalition government and gave rise to the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) program and a focus on renewable energy as “value for money” has eroded. And while the current administration is particularly supportive of renewable energy sources, Warham said he is “not…
By ESS news Germany and the rest of the European continent were in an intensifying heat wave for several days pv magazine Focus 2026 convened in Munich on June 24. The heat lent a degree of urgency to a theme that runs through much of the session’s discussion: how battery systems, and the warranties behind them, hold up once conditions become extreme. Factory audits routinely reveal battery quality issues at every stage of production, including at top suppliers, said Garikoitz Sarriegi Etxeberria, head of converter and storage services at German engineering consultancy Kiwa PI Berlin, in the opening portion of…
By Brad Kramer June 30, 2026 A new report highlights how federal policies are jeopardizing investments of more than $121 billion in renewable energy, with solar energy being the most exposed. According to a new analysis by Wooden MackenzieAllowing changes and withdrawing federal funding has directly contributed to 7 GW of project cancellations or inactivity on federal lands by 2025. Meanwhile, increased federal oversight could expose another 12 GW on federal lands and 80 GW on private lands. “Permitting risk varies by technology, although wetland permitting remains the most significant constraint on solar, wind and energy storage,” said Kaitlin Fung,…