Grid-scale batteries are finally taking off — but now supply can’t keep up with demand. Here’s a recap of what went down in 2022 and a preview of the year ahead. Energy storage succeeded like never before in 2022 — and the sheer scale of this newfound success is causing problems. A few years
The sun may seem like a distant memory but it’s never too late in the year to consider harnessing solar energy for your home.At Green Building Renewables, we tend to see enquiries peak in the summer months but installing solar earlier in the year means you can benefit from solar energy to power your home
More than one million European homes will welcome the New Year with batteries for their solar power plants. It is an increase of over 50% since the end of 2021, significantly higher than what was forecasted. SolarPower Europe estimates that the capacity of residential battery energy storage (R-BESS) units will reach 9.3 GWh by the
The latest polling from the Public Attitudes Tracker showed that 88% of people support the use a renewable energy in the UK, including solar, beating last year’s previous high of 84%, whilst only 2% of the public oppose it. Conducted this autumn, the survey was published this Thursday (15 December) by the Department for Business,
Payback periods as low as six years on new rooftop solar means up to 19 years of free power now for property owners who install panels, academics at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit have calculated. With UK rooftop installations now running at a reported 8,000 per month, consumers adopting PV are responding rationally to price signals
Are you thinking about solar battery storage? Here is why you should even in winter, says John Gilham, Group Technical Director at Green Building RenewablesThe sun may seem like a distant memory but it’s never too late in the year to consider harnessing solar energy for your home and most installations can easily be done
With the payback time of rooftop solar panels now just six years, households could benefit from 19 years of “essentially free” electricity during the remainder of their lifespan, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). Solar farms are becoming ever more cost efficient, costing a low of £54 per MWh. This is much
Solar PV capacity is expected to almost treble over the 2022-2027 period, growing by 1.5TW and surpassing coal as the largest source of power capacity worldwide, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its “Renewables 2022” report, the IEA expects renewables to grow by 2.4TW over the next five-year period, with
As of today, less than 10% of the necessary solar and wind power needed for a 2050 global net zero scenario exists, whilst global electricity generation will need to more than triple to 80,000TWh, according to the 2022 BloombergNEF (BNEF) New Energy Outlook. The report outlined two scenarios: a Net Zero Scenario, wherein a feasible,
The intense wildfires that ravaged California in the US in 2020 were responsible for substantial solar energy forecast errors, according to a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The smoke darkened so much the skies in California that it slashed the state’s solar power production during peak hours