Flexibility providers called on by National Grid ESO jumped into action in response to grid frequency falling to 49.59Hz. Last Thursday saw a drop in grid frequency that resulted in frequency responses from storage assets, with the event peaking at 8:53am. The system...
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Familiar face for UK solar as Leadsom returns to BEIS as Clark’s successor
The UK solar industry will see a familiar face leading on UK energy policy after ex-energy minister Andrea Leadsom returned to to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to succeed Greg Clark as energy secretary. Leadsom served as energy...
Moving forward to self-consumption in the UK solar market
As PV markets mature, it is natural for incentive structures to evolve. This can be partially attributed to the market approaching or reaching grid parity. Many European countries are either close to or nearly at grid parity. This has been achieved due to increasing...
Women are bringing solar energy to thousands of Indian villages
India is trying to bring electricity to hundreds of millions of its citizens who live off the grid. And it's trying to ensure that the power comes from clean and renewable sources. Frontier Markets is helping to achieve both those goals in the Western desert state of...
Renewable energy providing more electricity than coal and nuclear power combined in Germany
Renewable sources of energy produced more electricity than coal and nuclear power combined for the first time in Germany, according to new figures. Solar, wind, biomass and hydroelectric power generation accounted for 47.3 per cent of the country’s electricity...
Q CELLS takes aim at UK flexible energy market with home battery solution
Image: Q CELLS. Q CELLS is launching its AC-coupled home energy storage solution in the UK and Ireland, taking aim at the country’s post-feed-in tariff domestic market. The Q.HOME+ ESS AC-G2 storage solution has a 6.5kWh storage capacity, provided by a LG Chem lithium...
UK large-scale solar pipeline tops 5GW as project developers return to action
Image: Lightsource. The UK solar pipeline of large-scale, ground-mount solar farms has grown dramatically during 2019, with 66 new solar farms identified, accounting for 1.8 GW of capacity. This has taken the pipeline of UK large-scale, ground-mounted solar farms to...