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By Martin McConnell July 13, 2026 Supplier of energy infrastructure solutions Ameresco Inc. installed a rooftop solar project on top of it Community College of Philadelphiasays the company. The project aims to contribute to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s statewide renewable energy commitments and includes the installation of two new solar panels. The PV projects will advance the university’s long-term sustainability goals, the company says, and promise lasting value for the school and the surrounding northern Philadelphia area. The project is also supported by Pennsylvania’s ‘Solar energy for schoolsprogram, the company says. The program aims to reduce costs for educational institutions…

Developer Starlight Energy has secured planning permission for a 240MW/960MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) near Stockton-on-Tees in Durham.The Thorpe Thewles BESS is the largest such project developed by Starlight in Britain, according to the developer’s announcement, which posted on LinkedIn.Starlight Energy is the development arm of NextEnergy Group, launched in 2022. Early this year, Starlight sold a Scottish-developed BESS to the NEUK I Fund, owned by NextEnergy Capital, the investment management company within the same group.As of April this year, Starlight Energy’s global portfolio stood at 7 GW, with 850 MW of solar and 250 MW of storage assets…

Plans for a 49.9MW solar power plant, put forward by independent power producer (IPP) Enviromena, have been recommended for approval by planning officers.The Grimethorpe Solar Farm will be located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, north-west of Grimethorpe, east of Cudworth and south-west of Brierley. The application is before Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and a decision is expected this month.An initial proposal for the project was consulted in January 2023, with feedback from the public as Enviromena made several changes to the project:Reduction of the land area used for the proposed development by more than 20%.Reduction of the number of proposed solar…

Global infrastructure partners (GIP), a subsidiary of BlackRock, plans to acquire a majority stake in the community and commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy. Credit: Summit Ridge Energy “We are very pleased to acquire Summit Ridge Energy, a national leader in solar energy,” said Mark Florian, head of GIP mid-market funds. “The company’s market-leading platform and strong track record position it at the forefront of the industry amid a changing energy landscape characterized by rising demand and an evolving energy mix. We look forward to working with Steve Raeder and the Summit Ridge management team to strengthen and position the…

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) of the Philippines says it is working to modernize the country’s transmission grid through updates outlined in the 2026 edition of the Philippine Grid Code, rules for the country’s high-voltage transmission system. The updated code aims to help the electric grid accommodate variable renewable energy, including solar, in addition to storage technologies such as battery energy storage systems, pumped hydro and compressed air energy storage. ERC says it will include new technical requirements for solar-plus-storage installations using grid-forming inverters, as well as standards applicable to standalone storage installations using grid-forming inverter technologies, to improve grid…

Door Martin McConnell 13 juli 2026 Deze week verder Projecten wekelijksHet in Oakland, Californië gevestigde Adapture Renewables heeft het Cherry Valley Solar Project in Arkansas van energie voorzien. In Texas zijn SMT Energy en het Zwitserse bedrijf Axpo een partnerschap aangegaan voor een zevenjarige BESS-ruil voor het ERCOT-netwerk, en Leeward Renewable Energy helpt Google’s datacenterinspanningen in Oklahoma. In de M&A-wereld verwerft Argo Infrastructure Partners een zonne-energieportfolio van NuGen Capital Management en heeft Nexamp een financieringsfaciliteit veiliggesteld voor haar gemeenschaps-zonneportfolio. Tenslotte heeft Peak Power, ten noorden van de grens in Canada, een batterijproject online gezet voor de productiefaciliteit van Vuteq Canada…

Data centres are being built globally at an exponential rate and show no sign of stopping. This could be a problem for the UK (and other countries) because electricity demand is already causing issues and is going to only get worse in the coming years.The grid connection delays seen in the UK are a key barrier to data centre deployment in the country, with the wait time for a conventional grid connection reaching up to ten years in some cases.One solution to solve the data centre power challenges in the UK is behind-the-meter (BTM) solar. Behind-the-meter is the generation of…

This is evident from data released on July 9, 2026 by supply chain platform Anza average price for solar panels assembled in the US stabilized at $0.30 per watt. The platform collects data on 55 modules from 19 suppliers. It reported an interquartile range of $0.280/W to $0.325/W for the segment. The average price decreased by $0.015/W between March and April 2026. However, it recovered in May by $0.005/W. Prices remained stable in June and early July. The pricing data is based on the enforcement of the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) framework and a new tariff petition targeting South…

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Gdansk University of Technology and the Polish Academy of Sciences have collaborated to study the value of purifying key components of waste solar panels, ideal for reuse in the production of new solar panels. Scientists Olivia Bowen, Anna Kuczynska-Lazewska, Rong Deng and Jacek Kluska investigated the differences in the composition of solar panels between different models and manufacturers to initially evaluate the power of the modules recycled. “Dismantled silicon solar panels were collected from across Australia. Some modules were removed from the field due to technical failures or system upgrades, while…

By ESS news China’s battery production capacity could exceed projected global demand by 2030, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The report predicts that China’s cell production capacity will be between 5,862 GWh and 6,720 GWh by the end of this decade, compared to expected global demand of 4,000 GWh to 5,100 GWh. The report estimates that battery cell production capacity in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries will reach approximately 1,881 GWh in 2030, with a potential maximum of 2,422 GWh. Emerging markets, including India and Indonesia, are expected to account…