The European renewable energy market in 2024 has seen both massive growth phases as well as uncertainties around legislation and infrastructure readiness in several European markets. Wolf Dietrich – Senior Director Development, UK & Europe of Econergy summarizes key challenges and provides an outlook on growth trends and success factors for 2025.
The UK is expected to be the second most important market for large-scale battery energy storage in Europe in the coming years. Recently another major project has been realized in Newport/South Wales.
Large battery storage systems are becoming more and more popular in Europe. Important reasons for this are the increasing demand for grid stabilization services and the shifting of peak loads. Italy and Great Britain are ahead of the game.
Clenergy’s mounting system has been chosen for a 1.4-megawatt solar project in the UK. This installation will help Moulton Bulb, a major agricultural company, reduce its CO2 emissions by 309 tonnes annually while supplying over 20% of the site’s energy needs.
The Energy Cells project has received top recognition at the European and UK Energy Storage Awards, winning best European project over 100 MW and placing second for best overall project of the year.
Fidra Energy and Sungrow signed a strategic 4.4GWh energy storage partnership agreement to support Fidra’s plans to establish a 10GW battery energy storage system (“BESS”) platform across the UK and other European markets by 2030.
Econergy Group signed a financing agreement as well as a route-to-market agreement with Goldman Sachs through Econergy UK to support the Swangate Project with an installed battery capacity of 102MWh. Connection to he electricity grid is expected by end of 2024.
Joachim Goldbeck, the founder and CEO of the Goldbeck Solar Group, analyzes the prospects for the project business. He assesses potential markets and explains in an interview why he already has upcoming investments in Ukraine on his radar.
BayWa r.e. has sold four UK solar projects to renewable investor Octopus Energy Generation. Battery energy storage systems will be partly included in the projects.
Sungrow has inked an energy storage supply deal with Penso Power and BW ESS. Under the agreement, Sungrow will supply a comprehensive range of 1.4 GWh PowerTitan 2.0 liquid-cooled energy storage systems, aimed at facilitating the construction of the Hams Hall energy storage project, situated in central England, Europe.
BayWa r.e. has successfully secured contracts for three projects, with a combined total capacity of over 150 MW, across onshore wind and solar in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) of the Great Britian Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.
Sungrow delivered the first battery energy storage system (BESS) PowerTitan 2.0 units in Europe. A total of 66 units have arrived in the UK.
Sungrow announced that its liquid cooled Power Titan, will equip SSE Renewables largest 320MW / 640 MWh battery storage project at Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire/UK.
A new solar PV certification scheme has been launched in the UK with the first UKAS-accredited certification body and one of the UK’s largest solar PV installers.
Lynher Energy has signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) with a UK-based FTSE100 company. The deal is structured as a sleeved physical PPA to provide reliable solar power to the off-taker over the next 15 years.
Zestec Renewable Energy has deployed a 1.25MW rooftop solar PV system for aircraft manufacturer Bombardier at their nearly 250,000 sq. ft. service centre located at London Biggin Hill Airport.
NextEnergy Capital has recently announced that NextPower UK ESG has increased its total funds committed to date to £653m, exceeding its fundraising target of £500 million by 30%.
Centrica has completed the acquisition of two clean energy projects in the southern United Kingdom, adding 32 megawatts of capacity to the company’s power portfolio.
Solar farms in the UK are getting bigger, research shows, as developers and investors look to maximise returns through economies of scale. Peter Curtain, Director of Allerton Communications, shares his insights.
The four UK-based storage units will be integrated into existing solar parks. They will shift surplus electricity to times of low sunshine and provide additional grid services.
Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has attainment new Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) certificates for its Topcon modules. To obtain the MCS certification, these solar panels had to meet specific performance and quality criteria, including efficiency standards, electrical safety, durability.
Module manufacturer Solarwatt has delivered the first solar modules with the efficient Topcon cell technology in the Netherlands, the UK and Germany. The new glass-glass and glass-foil modules with outputs from 420 watts have been available to order since October 2023.
The British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C, which is currently under construction, is increasingly turning out to be a cost trap. Following a massive increase in construction costs, the electricity generated is also becoming significantly more expensive than originally assumed.
Well over 7,000 of London's famous black taxis are now electric. The vehicle was specially developed for taxi use and is wheelchair and disabled-friendly.
Solen Energy Europe GmbH and GivEnergy Europe have announced a partnership aimed at providing energy storage systems to the German and Polish markets. The collaboration builds on an existing partnership in the UK.
