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Last week Oil and Gas Major BP announced that the UK Operations and Maintenance Division of its awning, Lightsource BP, is for sale, probably the consolidation on the market.According to Lightsource BP, the offer is a fully packaged, in itself a chance to acquire one of the ‘best-performing O&M platforms’ from the UK, with a 1.3GW portfolio.Leila Garcia da Fonseca, worldwide head of onshore wind research at Wood Mackenzie, says that the disinvestment of more than a gigawatt to the market can bring a lot of consolidation to the room for solar services.In Global Solar PV Operations and Maintenance (O&M)…

Enviromena has taken over the LongPasture Solar Farm, a 49.9 MW, fully set Zonne -PV energy plant in County Durham by Bluefield Solar and Lightrock Power.The project is expected to be completed at the end of 2027 and received a 15-year contract for difference (CFD) in September 2024 under the allocation of 6 (AR6).The planning agreement, which was secured for the project in August 2023, will see the development of 163 hectares cover in County Durham and also includes the option to add a 39.7 MW Co location battery energy storage system (BESS). As part of the development, a £…

Companies in California and Texas will produce the optimized inverters from Tigo Energy and Module-level Power Electronics (MLPE) together with EG4-Omvolers. August 26, 2025 Ben Santarris By PV Magazine USA An extra few complementary American solar technology companies have joined forces to produce and market solar equipment in their own country to deliver more options for equipment on American soil. The newly beaten partners are Tigo Energy, a company that makes devices to improve how solar panels work and are monitored, and EG4 Electronics, a company that offers affordable solar energy equipment to help people live in the grid or…

Bila Solar has introduced a 550 W-Zonne module with an American steel frame through a partnership with Origami Solar, where the panels also use solar cells made by the US. August 26, 2025 Ryan Kennedy By PV Magazine USA The American manufacturer Bila Solar in the US collaborated with Origami Solar to produce modules made with steel frames made by the US. The solar modules also contain solar cells made by the US, said Bila Solar. The American produced steel frames from origami Solar are now available as an option for the 550 W Dual-Glass module series from Bila Solar.…

Proposals for the Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park were submitted to the planning inspection on 27 June and accepted on July 22, 2025. The site will now enter the pre -exam phase, which usually lasts approximately three months.Due to the size of the project, brought forward by developer elements Green, it is considered a nationally important infrastructure project (NSIP). This means that the Minister of Foreign Affairs will decide ED Miliband whether the application for planning state is approved.After extensive community consultation, elements Green renamed the site with reference to the extensive biodiversity measures that come next to…

Example Group signed strategic battery cell yield agreements with more than a dozen integrators of the battery energy storage system during the Shanghai EESA Expo. August 25, 2025 Vincent Shaw By ESS News Envision Group has signed strategic cooperation agreements for more than 40 GWH of battery energy storage cells with more than a dozen Chinese system integrators, the company announced during the Eesa Energy Storage Exhibition on 13 to 15 August in the National Exhibition and Convention Center of Shaghai. The cells will be supplied by Envision Aesc, the battery unit of the company. Against Parties include XYZ storage…

National Residential Solar Installation Company Posigen dismissed almost all its employees yesterday. Posigen CEO Peter Shaper sent a memo addressed to all employees who attribute the dismissal to lack of financing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR1). The exact number of tasks terminated has not yet been confirmed. “Hundreds of employees, including myself, were fired with little warning,” said a former Posigen -employee who spoke due to anonymity. “Contractors and partners were left unpaid. Families who trusted our mission of ‘Solar for All’ remained in the dark.” According to a notification of the termination of the employee obtained by…

Bess -Update: Great Deals for Sae, Wärtsilä, Canadian Solar, EDFImportant movements are made in the British Bess sector as important players in the industry Progress Large Projects.Technology group Wärtsila has announced that it will deliver a 68 MW Bess contract to Zenobe for the Lerwick Power Station Project in Lerwick, Shetland. The project will enable the Lerwick Power Station to enter a standby role and which can be used to integrate more strength by nearby wind developments in the Shetland region.The project, known as the Shetland Standby project, will go live in 2026. Tamara De Gruyter, President, Wärtsilä Energy Storage…

The application window for the seventh auction round of the renewable energy auction of the British government is open.The upcoming auction, AR7, will be the largest since 2014. The renewable energy contracts awarded will play an integral role in the government’s plans for a clean energy system by 2030.To adapt to the capacity goals set out in its Clean Power 2030 Action Plan (CP30), at least 12GW must be protected in AR7AR8 and possibly, depending on the bet speed, AR9.About 29 GW capacity is eligible for the auction and there are no technology -specific caps about the amount that can…

The 13.8 MWAC Sheepcote Solar Farm will feed more than 6,000 houses annually and deliver a net profit of biodiversity of more than 400% by Wildflower Meadows and new Hedgerow plants. The plant is expected to break the ground at the end of 2026. Eden worked closely with local stakeholders to design a schedule that supports biodiversity and constantly agricultural use, while the selection and planning of the heritage and landscape effects are mitigated. The site also supports the continuous agricultural use through grazing sheep, promoting local agriculture and soil health. Ross Wolhuter, head of UK Development at Eden Renewables,…