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/LONDON, May 1, 2026, 9:15 BST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Matrix Renewables, the global renewable energy platform backed by TPG Rise, has secured a £245 million non-recourse project financing to enable the construction of a landmark 500MW/1,000MWh transmission-connected Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Eccles–Leitholm, southern Scotland. This significant capital injection underpins Matrix’s strategy to deliver large-scale, technologically advanced energy infrastructure in line with the UK’s energy transition goals.

/LONDON, April 15, 2026, 10:30 BST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), via its portfolio company Elgin, is arranging up to £500 million in structured debt financing to support the development and construction of a diversified portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) and co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across the United Kingdom. This capital raise underscores CIP’s commitment to accelerating the UK’s clean energy transition and enhancing grid resilience through large-scale, integrated renewable infrastructure.

/LONDON, March 10, 2026, 10:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCH™/ NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has successfully completed the sale of a 100MW operational solar photovoltaic portfolio to Atrato Onsite Energy. This portfolio includes two significant solar projects: the 50MW Grange project located in Nottingham and the 50MW South Lowfield project situated in Yorkshire, both of which […]

/LONDON, August 28, 2025, 10:15 BST, ScottishPower Energy Networks, Iberdrola/ Iberdrola is continuing to move forward in improving and modernising its renewable facilities around the world. Through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower, the company has begun expansion works at its Arecleoch and Kilgallioch wind farms, located in the Scottish council areas of South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

/LONDON, August 11, 2025, 12:20 BST, ScottishPower Energy Networks, Iberdrola/ ScottishPower Energy Networks, Iberdrola's distributor in the United Kingdom, and National Grid Electricity Transmission reached an important milestone in the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 project (EGL4), a new subsea electricity 'motorway', by choosing Siemens Energy as the preferred bidder for the project's two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations.

/LONDON, February 27, 2025, 9:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This market report offers an incisive and reliable overview of the photovoltaic sector of the country for the next long-term period, 2025 ÷ 2034. UK's photovoltaic sector has witnessed remarkable growth in the past two decades, positioning the country among the leaders in Europe in installed solar photovoltaic capacity.

/LONDON, November 14, 2024, 9:00 GMT, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This market report offers an incisive and reliable overview of the photovoltaic sector of the country for the next long-term period, 2024 ÷ 2033. UK's photovoltaic sector has witnessed remarkable growth in the past two decades, positioning the country among the leaders in Europe in installed solar photovoltaic capacity.

/Swindon/Essen, September 3, 2024, 9:30 BST, RWE/ RWE, the UK’s leading power producer, has been awarded Contracts for Difference (CfD) for five of its renewable energy projects in the latest Allocation Round 6 (AR6). The CfD awards have been made to RWE by the Low Carbon Contracts Company, on behalf of the UK Government, following successful bids for two onshore and three solar PV projects (see table below). The inflation-indexed strike price for RWE’s onshore projects was £50.9/MWh and for solar £50.07/MWh (based on 2012 prices).

/LONDON, July 18, 2024, 9:00 BST, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This market report offers an incisive and reliable overview of the photovoltaic sector of the country for the next long-term period, 2024 ÷ 2033. UK's photovoltaic sector has witnessed remarkable growth in the past two decades, positioning the country among the leaders in Europe in installed solar photovoltaic capacity.