Global trailblazers offer inclusive off-grid solutions Updated On Fri, May 27th, 2022 by Saurenergy By Chhavi Sharma, International Programme Manager, Ashden The shortlists for the annual Ashden Awards highlight a new crop of grassroots renewable energy solutions – revealing key trends in the sector, and raising the profile of its breakout stars. The awards accelerate climate innovation creating fairer, better low-carbon world. The awards shortlists, announced earlier this month, […] Read more
Pilot Scheme for Hourly Renewable Energy Certificates in UK Seeks To Empower Consumers Updated On Thu, Apr 21st, 2022 by Saurenergy Plans proposed by energy suppliers working with a Startup called Granular could mark a sea change in making consumers aware of their power sources, and more importantly, benefit from discounts from there is a surplus of renewable power. A consortium of leading energy organisations led by hourly certificate focused start-up Granular and including European power […] Read more
Lightrock Power to Build 400 MW Solar Projects in UK Updated On Fri, Apr 1st, 2022 by Saurenergy After ‘farming friendly’, animal friendly solar is also getting here. Bristol based solar power developer Lightrock Power has announced that the company plans to develop a number of solar projects in the United Kingdom that will be ‘wildlife-friendly.’ The combined capacity of the solar projects will be 400 MW. As per Lightrock Power, these upcoming […] Read more
Sungrow Expands UK Presence With 362 MW/391 MWh Storage Project For Statera Updated On Tue, Mar 29th, 2022 by Saurenergy Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced that the company’s project with Statera Energy, a market leader in the provision of flexibility to the UK grid, to supply a 362 MW/391 MWh energy storage project in the UK is on schedule. The first phase of the project was grid-connected in Q1, 2022, […] Read more
Multiple Small-Scale Renewable Power Sources Can Lead to Power Failures: UK Study Updated On Mon, Mar 7th, 2022 by Saurenergy According to a study published in Science Advances, mathematicians from the University of Nottingham have found that small scale multiple renewable power sources can lead to power failures. The researchers used data emanating from smart meters in the United Kingdom and have come to the conclusion that grid behaviour changed over time and the resilience […] Read more
UK firm Granted £912,000 to use Gravity to Store Energy at Brownfield site Updated On Fri, Feb 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has granted around £912,000 in funding to London-based Gravitricity, whose patented technology uses gravity to store energy, to enable the company to set up an energy storage project in Northern England. The ‘GraviSTORE’ project is one of the five successful projects chosen under the Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Programme, Stream […] Read more
High Efficiency Ultrathin Solar Cell Developed by UK based Researchers Updated On Thu, Feb 24th, 2022 by Saurenergy Researchers at Imperial College London and University College London (UCL) claim to have found a novel technique to enable record-breaking power conversion efficiency in solar cells that are at least 100 times thinner than the conventional solar cells. The usual silicon based solar cells’ fabrication is often expensive, energy-demanding, heavy and bulky in nature. Also, […] Read more
UK Grants 1st Reactive Power Contract to Offshore Wind Farm Updated On Wed, Feb 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy The National Grid ESO of the United Kingdom (UK) has awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the national power network stable. As per the National Grid ESO, the contract is the first of its kind in the UK. The contract is for a ten-year period which will […] Read more
Israel’s Econergy to Build 800MW Storage, 900MW Solar Capacity in UK Updated On Fri, Jan 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy Renewables investor Econergy Renewable Energy said on Thursday it plans to develop a portfolio of 800 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy storage and 900 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Britain over the next three years. The firm said it plans to develop 350 MW of energy storage capacity for operation in 2023, 300 […] Read more
