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The British Ministry of Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) announced the latest sites to install Solar PV on the roof using financing from state -owned Great British Energy Great British Energy.In March, The first major project of GB Energy was revealed: £ 200 million committing PV installations on solar energy in schools and hospitals. Since then, 11 primary schools have installed Solar PV on their roofs. In the summer, the first five NHS sites from GB-Energie-Striden Solar Installations benefited.The NHS installations had a combined project costs of £ 704.332 and have a total installed capacity of 474 kW. The…
UK head office developer Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has concluded a contract to provide activities and maintenance services (R&M) at the UK’s Cleve Hill Solar Project.For the next three years, RES O&M will offer services, including optimizing asset performance, efficiency and availability. The project is the largest solar facility of the UK, After reaching commercial operation in July this yearAnd there is currently work to add a 150 MW Co-location Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to the project, so Cleve Hill would make the largest Zonneplus-Plus storage project in the country.”Cleve Hill shows what is feasible when the ambition is…
Danish investor AIP Management has acquired a 49% interest in a 2.4GWH UK battery storage portfolio of the BW ESS by the VK head office for a deal of more than £ 650 million.Een bron dicht bij de deal bevestigde dat de bedrijfswaarde meer dan £ 650 miljoen is en betrekking heeft op een portfolio van een batterijenergie-opslagsysteem (BESS) met een capaciteit van 700 MW en een duur van 3,5 uur, verdeeld over drie projecten: het 100 MW/331MWH Bramley-project, het 400 MW/1,422MWH HAMS Hill Project en 200MW/712MWell Project. The Bramley project started in February.With the rest of the portfolio that…
China installed 7.36 GW new solar sun in August, resulting in the year-to-date capacity additions up to 230.61 GW and total power generation capacity at 3.69 TW. September 26, 2025 Vincent Shaw China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) said this week that the country added 7.36 GW new solar capacity in August, a decrease of 33.3% from July. During the first eight months, the new solar capacity reached 230.61 GW. For comparison: China installed 16.4 GW of solar energy in August 2024, with 140 GW deployed in the first eight months of that year. By the end of August, the total…
The Denver-based worrying claims that its sodium ion battery system offers the lowest operating costs of any energy storage technology on the market. September 26, 2025 Mariha Maisch By ESS News Peak Energy announced the successful implementation and operation of the first sodium battery system on the schedule in the US on Friday. For the first time unveiled in July, The 3.5 MWh sodium ion storage system from Peak Energy now works at Solar and Renewable Energy Test Facility Solartac in Watkins, Colorado. The gratan installation is carried out in collaboration with nine utilities and independent power producers (IPPs), making…
The French startup Ecojoko has introduced a contactor that controls electric water heaters to increase self-consumption of solar energy, with field tests that have been going on since the summer. September 26, 2025 Marie Beyer By PV Magazine France The French startup Ecojoko is expanding its home energy management offer with a special contactor to arrange electric boilers. “The first tests with real users took place this summer and we accelerated the launch for the VAT reduction of 5.5%,” said Pierre Picavet, marketing director of the company. PV Magazine France. The Ecojoko control package already includes the associated assistant of…
Orka Energía has unveiled an artificial intelligence platform that collects and updates data on more than 4,000 renewable energy projects developed in Spain, including capacity, status, substations and developers. September 26, 2025 Pilar Sánchez Molina By PV Magazine Spain Orka Energía has created an artificial intelligence platform that optimizes different phases in the development of projects for renewable energy. It is the first platform that compiles all renewable projects in Spain, including their processing status, technology, the substation with which they are connected, the developer, installed capacity, favorable or unfavorable resolution, the name of the park and the access and…
The University of Pittsburgh announced that it is launching a new one non -graduated degree in natural gas, renewable energy sources and oil engineering (Gro)Designed to prepare the next generation of engineers to deliver extensive energy solutions. By combining traditional oil and guest technology with renewable systems in the various academic and research portfolios of the Swanson School of Engineering in energy, the program ensures that graduates can adapt as the global energy requirements evolve. “The industry and society are at a pivot point while our energy portfolio adapts to a complex balance of components, whether it is traditional oil…
China Datang Corp. says that his 2,000 V-Sonne test base in the Chinese province of Hainan will validate high-voltage modules under tropical coastal conditions. September 26, 2025 Vincent Shaw China Datang Corp. Through his subsidiary Datang Hainan Energy Development has unveiled the first 2,000 V photovoltaic validation and certification base in the world in Wenchang, the province of Hainan in China. The facility, which is intended to validate the next generation of high-voltage PV systems under tropical coastal conditions, is intended to bridge the laboratory theory and Real-World performance in high temperature, high-huminity and salt vessels and salt vessels and…
The BASF of Germany has started building an industrial-scale heat pump that will use electricity from renewable energy sources to produce up to 500,000 MT CO2-free steam every year. Commissioning is planned for mid -2027. September 26, 2025 Patrick Jowett A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place for one of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation. The industrial heat pump is being developed by the German chemical manufacturer BASF in collaboration with project partner Gig Karasek on Basf’s Ludwigshafen site in the West Germany. The heat pump, with a thermal output of 50 MW, will use electricity…