Lightrock Power secures permit for wildlife-friendly solar farm
Lightrock Power has secured planning permission for a solar plant in East Devon, after receival approval from the District Council’s planning committee.
Standardised methodology published to help boost ecological management at solar farms
Solar Energy UK has developed a standardised methodology for monitoring biodiversity on solar farms, to help provide a better assessment of changes and aid ecological management.
Ireland forecasted to achieve historically low winter energy prices from 2027
With Ireland forecasted to reach its 80% renewable target by 2030, Cornwall Insight has confirmed that the increase in renewable technologies and generation will help lower winter energy prices below the pre-2021 historical average from 2027 onwards.
‘Extraordinary we’re talking about banning solar on farmlands,’ says Brookfield
“I find it extraordinary that we are talking about banning solar on farmlands, but we are talking about putting oil drills on farmlands – it is an industrialised process,” said Simon Maine, managing director, corporate communications at investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.
IEA: global temperatures could rise by 2.4 °C under current policy settings
Despite significant clean energy growth across the globe the IEA has warned that under today’s policy settings, emissions would remain high enough to increase global average temperatures to around 2.4 °C.
EU weak demand causes SolarEdge Q3 revenue 20% lower than consensus
Solar inverter producer SolarEdge’s revenue in the third quarter of 2023 is expected to be about 20% lower than consensus due to cancellations and pushouts of existing backlog from European distributors.
New publicly-owned energy company to further community solar in Wales
This week (7 August) saw the launch a Ynni Cymru, a new publicly-owned energy company for Wales set to bolster community-owned solar and renewable projects .
Firma Vogt Solar unveils plans for 150MW solar NSIP in Cumbria
Joint venture Firma Vogt Solar has unveiled plans for a 150MW solar-based Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) in Cumbria.
ESMC demands ban on selling modules made with forced labour
The European Solar Manufacturing Council offers several recommendations for the EU and solar companies to address forced labour in the supply chain.
European solar manufacturing companies demand actions to safeguard the industry
Multiple European cell and module manufacturers, start-ups and solar PV component suppliers have published an open letter via the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC), urging the EU to take actions to safeguard the European PV manufacturing industry threatened by “unsustainably low-priced PV modules” from Chinese module manufacturers.
