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Fervent readers of Solar -Energy Portal Perhaps she has noticed that some changes in the site took place this week. After we were launched in 2010, we have long been a make -over too late and the time is finally here. The new look Solar -Energy Portal will still provide authoritative, independent and valuable reporting on the British solar market, which offers project updates, market analysis and insight from market leaders. The new and improved Pivot will also be your Go-TO for UK energy policy and grid connection updates, while our sister site is launching again as if EV -infrastructure…

An international research team has carried out an extensive overview of bifacial solar modules from 39 countries. Their analysis took into account the best of the median values indicated in the product specifications and discovered that hetero junction and back contact panels offer the best parameters. July 24, 2025 Emiliano Bellini A group of researchers from Russian St. Petersburg Mining University and Shiraz University in Iran has an extensive overview of the bifacial solar modameters of 236 producers from 39 countries in an attempt to create a basis for decision-making when choosing products for bifacial PV projects. “In 2022 we…

Evolution Power has successfully demonstrated the rejection of the planning state for a storage proposal in Solar Plus in North Hertfordshire.The Wandon End Solar Project combines 49.9 MW capacity for generating solar energy with a co-located battery Energy Storage System (Bess), the capacity of which has not yet revealed. Of the 49.9 MW of export and import capacity for which the project has been approved, 35 MW will be used to deliver the national electricity network, while the remaining capacity will be reserved for export to local electricity users with high demand.The planning control committee of North Hertfordshire Council refused…

Another EDPR after DG project. EDPR na Distributed Generation, the distributed generation of business or EDP Renewables North America, and California Water Service have signed a 20-year PPA for a 2.35 MWDC Onsite Solar Array in the northeastern Bakersfield installation installation of Cal Water. The collaboration is designed to reduce the long -term footprint of the utility. Cal Water and EDPR NA DG expect the system to generate around 3,800 MWh of renewable energy annually. The renewable energy generated by the Zonne -Array is expected to reduce the energy costs of the network by around $ 1.7 million over the…

Independent Renewable Energy Company Res will manage the 500 MW/1GWH Coalburn Battery Energy Storage System (Bess), which will be one of Europe’s largest.The Coalburn Bess facility is developing by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Alcemi at a former coal mining site in Lanarkshire, Scotland.Under an agreement signed between the two, RES will be responsible for the assets of the site.The site will be built in two phases, with the first, the 500 MW Coalburn 1, which is expected to be online later this year. Coalburn 2, which will form the remaining 500 MW capacity, is expected to follow in 2027.When…

Investment company of renewable energy Thrive Renewables has provided a loan of £ 10 million from Ethical Investment Bank Triodos Bank UK.The loan will be used to finance the development and construction of new wind farms, PV energy plants on solar energy and projects for renewable energy projects. Thrive Renewables works with a “mixed financing” approach, and accepts investments from both large financial institutions and smaller shareholders.Thrive currently has a stock offer on the crowdfunding platform of Triodos Bank UK, with which individual investors can buy an interest in new Clean Energy projects; At the time of publication, this has…

Six solar projects have been approved as part of the seventh purchasing round of South Africa after the redistribution of unused wind capacity for offers for solar energy. July 23, 2025 Patrick Jowett The government of South Africa has approved six solar projects under the Seventh bidding window of the Independent Power Producer Procurement Program of the country (REIPPPP). The announcement is the result of the decision of the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) to re -assign unused wind capacity on the coast under the bidding window to Solar, after a first appointment of preferred bidder last December. An…

The company established in the US says that its new Aerotherm G2 uses both electric and heat pump -based heating. It varies from 189 l to 303 l in capacity. July 23, 2025 Lior Kahana Pennsylvania Heating products Bradford White Water Proyers has announced a new hybrid electric pumpcailer series for residential use. The Aerotherm G2 series consists of three models with a capacity of 189 l, 246l and 303 L. respectively. “The Aerotherm G2 enables consumers to switch between five different operational modes, including only heat pump, only electric, hybrid standard, hybrid plus and a holiday mode,” the company…

Battery exchange model increases savings for local energy communities In a new collaboration with Giga Storage, the University of Glasgow and Princeton University, researchers from Centrum Mathematics and Informatics (CWI) have developed a strategy to help maximize the financial benefits from the storage of shared batteries. The team introduced a method to determine optimum rental capacity and prices, guaranteeing mutual economic profit. The model was validated using Real-World data from a 200-home community that was partly driven by a wind turbine. Even after invoicing the rental costs of the battery, the findings revealed considerable savings on energy costs for the…

UK Power Producer Enviromena has taken over a fully permitted Solar PV factory of 30 MW from the Luxembourg-based reinfrastructure opportunities Holding S.à.rlThe 30 MW Steeraway Solar Farm, in Shropshire, is planned to start construction this year, after he received planning in May 2023 in May 2023, proposed by the development of RE projects. A grid connection is aimed at 2026.Steeraway received a contract for difference (CFD) in award round 6 (AR6), so that the development provided an index-linked income flow for 15 years. From the next seventh auction of renewable energy sources, 20-year contracts will be granted, under Changes…