Large Scale Utility Solar
Interview with Iván Castro, Director of Levelise
Solar & Storage Live returned to Birmingham this year as the UK’s largest showcase for clean energy innovation, bringing together pioneers driving the transition to a smarter, fairer grid. Among them was Levelise, a company that has been reshaping how domestic...
METLEN Completes 12MWp solar park in Italy
METLEN has completed construction of the San Severo solar park in Italy’s Puglia region. The 12 MWp project is expected to generate 21.97GWh of electricity annually, meeting the energy needs of approximately 7,846 households. The company delivered the project under...
UK solar hits record 14GW peak, meeting 39% of energy demand
UK solar power set a new peak generation record of 14GW at 12:30 BST on 8 July, according to Solar Energy UK, citing data from the University of Sheffield. At that time, solar was supplying 39% of the country’s electricity demand. The previous record, set on 6 April,...
Ingeteam to support Australian solar and BESS project
Ingeteam will provide technology for a hybrid solar and battery energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia. The project, owned by clean energy company Gentari, will combine 243MWp of solar PV capacity with a 172MW/2.4-hour battery energy storage system...
SolarPower Europe and Greenpeace discuss Ukraine’s solar future at pre-conference
On the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome, Greenpeace and SolarPower Europe co-hosted a high-level side event to discuss how solar energy could help shape Ukraine’s post-war green recovery. Bringing together policymakers, investors, and energy...
Solar Energy UK says 50GW of solar needed by 2030
Trade association Solar Energy UK has released a manifesto calling for 50GW of solar power and 30GW of zero-carbon energy storage by 2030. It urges the next UK government to develop a roadmap for achieving this within the first 100 days of office. By the end of 2024,...
Grid connection agreed for Romania’s second largest PV park
A €11.3m grid connection agreement for Romania’s second largest solar park has been signed by Agrovoltaics, a subsidiary of Restart Energy group, and transmission system operator (TSO) Transelectrica. The PV park’s annual electrical output is estimated to be over...
China connects world’s largest solar farm
According to Reuters, an unnamed “Chinese state-owned company” connected the world’s largest solar farm to northwestern Xinjiang’s grid on Monday. The 200,000-acre solar farm situated in a desert area of the region’s capital, Ürümqi, will boast 5GW. The announcement...
Spain develops its first Agri-PV solar park with BayWa r.e.
A large solar park in Alhendín, near Granada, Spain, marks the country's first Agri-PV installation, supplying electricity to the local grid. This facility, operational through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with BayWa r.e. and VELUX, connects to the Spanish...
USA expands tax credits beyond solar to nuclear and fusion
On Wednesday, the USA’s Biden administration proposed increasing tax credits, used to boost the nation’s solar and wind energy projects, to include a broader range of clean energy technologies such as nuclear fission and fusion. The Treasury Department announced its...
Scottish farmers union partners with SENS for solar rollout
A new agreement between The National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) and solar developer Igony Solar Energy Solutions (SENS UK) aims to accelerate Scotland's transition to Net Zero while making sure that projects do not encroach on productive farmland. According to...
Brazil sees financial benefits of 43 GW solar surplus
The solar energy sector in Brazil has surpassed 43GW of installed capacity, according to the Brazilian Photovoltaic Energy Association (Absolar). This includes 29.2GW from distributed generation systems, up to 5MW capacity, and 13.8GW from centralised generation. The...
RSK/Copper Consultancy debunk Solar myths
It was a pleasure to interview Imogen Fawcett, Senior Account Manager for Copper Consultancy/RSK Group, at Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham this year! Solar&StorageXtra is the new publishing part of the Solar and Storage Live event series where we will be...
Chris Hewett and the UK Solar Industry challenges
It was a pleasure to interview Chris Hewett, Chief Executive of Solar Energy UK, at Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham this year! Solar&StorageXtra is the new publishing part of the Solar and Storage Live event series where we will be interviewing our...
Solar & Storage Live 2023: The Biggest Yet!
Solar and Storage Live 2023: The Biggest Yet! Solar and Storage Live 2023 came to a close on the 19th of October and it was the largest Solar and Storage Live by far! Solar and Storage Live this year registered over 15,000 attendees, 400 exhibitors and 400 speakers...
Exhibitor spotlight: Solar and Storage Live 2023 Birmingham – Solar Mounting
Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham this year is host to many industry leaders in the Global Solar industry. One of these companies is Solar Mounting Limited. Part of the Alt-Group, the Worcestershire based company specialises in the design and manufacture of solar...
Interview with Dr Alan Whitehead: Labour’s Vision for Solar
It was a pleasure to be joined by the Shadow Minister for Energy Security Dr Alan Whitehead ahead of his exciting keynote participation at Solar and Storage Live in Birmingham. Dr Whitehead began the discussion by highlighting Labour’s vision for the Solar industry....
Interview with Wenzel Brühl: sonnen are relaunching in the UK!
Interview with Wenzel Brühl: The Vice President (Growth Markets) for Sonnen discusses Sonnen's RELAUNCH in the UK! sonnen’s Vice President for Growth Markets, Wenzel Brühl joined Solar&StorageXtra to discuss sonnen’s relaunch of residential energy storage...
Welcome to Solar&StorageXtra
Welcome to Solar&StorageXtra, the official newsletter for the Solar and Storage Live event Series! With Solar and Storage Live being the UK’s most forward-thinking, challenging and exciting renewable energy exhibition celebrating technologies at the forefront of...
Empowering consumers with Flexible Technology!
Empowering consumers with Flexible Technology Cornwall Insights, in collaboration with Smart Energy GB, have concluded that consumer use of Solar power and energy storage technology could save consumers money on their energy bills and remove the need for £1billion...