Molly Green

2 days ago | solarpowerportal.co.uk | Molly Green

Listed fund Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has completed a third-party equity funding of £8.6 million to finance the augmentation of the combined 50MW Glassenbury projects. The equity funding will increase the capacity of the 40MW Glassenbury A and 10MW Glassenbury B battery energy storage systems (BESS) from 38MWh to 110MWh, a 2.2-hour duration.

2 days ago | solarpowerportal.co.uk | Molly Green

EDF Renewables UK has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Transport for London (TfL) to power London’s Tube. The PPA will help fund the construction of the 400MW Longfield Solar Farm, for which EDF Renewables secured a development consent order (DCO) in June 2023. Approximately 20% of the site’s output will be supplied to TfL at a fixed price, protecting the transport operator, London’s largest single electricity consumer, from market volatility.

3 days ago | current-news.co.uk | Molly Green

The distribution system operator (DSO) arm of National Grid has seen half of all EV chargepoints connected to its network registered as flexibility assets. The National Grid DSO Flexibility Market Update Insights Report, covering April 2024 to March 2025, shows 9.8GWh of flexibility procured across its license areas, with 90% of registered flexibility assets coming from domestic households.

3 days ago | current-news.co.uk | Molly Green

The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its annual report to parliament on emissions reduction progress in relation to the carbon budgets set by the independent, statutory body. The ‘Progress in reducing emissions – 2025 report to Parliament’ document primarily focuses on progress towards the 2030 nationally determined contribution (NDC) of reducing emissions by at least 68% compared to 1990. By 2024, emissions had halved compared to 1990 levels (a reduction of 50.4%).

4 days ago | current-news.co.uk | Molly Green

Energy minister Michael Shanks will detail the UK government’s progress in achieving Clean Power by 2030, six months on from the launch of its Action Plan. Ministers, industry leaders and renewable energy experts are due to take the stage next week at Solar Media’s Clean Power 2030 Summits. Across the three co-located summits, the UK Solar Summit, the Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit and the Green Hydrogen Summit, these are some of my agenda highlights.