Renewable Connections are winners!
Renewable Connections, which PowerGreen are a division of, have won The Energy Champion of the Year – Group Achievement Award, at the national Energy Awards 2024! The event was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London earlier this month.
The Energy Champion category is designed to reward a team or individual making a demonstrable impact on the energy industry, whether through innovation, influence, or just plain enthusiasm and dedication to efficiency and best practice.
Michael Hughes, Managing Director of Renewable Connections said: “Since we launched the company in 2020, Renewable Connections has rapidly established itself as one of the UK’s leading renewable energy developers. Our expert team has achieved consent for nearly a gigawatt of home-grown renewable energy, making a significant contribution to the UK’s ambitious Net Zero target.”
Link to Renewable Connections press release
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We are pleased to see that the new Labour Government are doubling down on solar. Great British Energy, a publicly owned green power company, aims to scale up solar power installations across the country in order to enhance energy security, lower household/business bills and create local job opportunities through new renewable projects.
This sort of focus on reaching the 2030 goals of Britain being a clean energy superpower are expected to bring manifold benefits, one being reducing the Uk’s dependency on imported fossil fuels and the government estimates that this initiative can lower energy bills by £300 per household annually.
If your businesses in interested in finding out how you can benefit from solar, please get in contact today.
And in other news…
We have achieved another project consent for our mainstream solar business. South Staffordshire Council has given consent for a solar farm that will provide clean, green energy to approximately 8000 homes. The 22.5MW project known as Deepmore Solar Farm, will be located in Four Ashes, South Staffordshire. The renewable energy project comes with a package of landscape, ecological and biodiversity benefits and has a community benefit fund of over £45,000.
Renewable Connections submitted the application to the Council in October 2023, having undertaken extensive consultation with the community and statutory consultees. Deepmore Solar Farm was approved following a recommendation for approval by South Staffordshire Council planning officers on the 16th July 2024.
The approval marks Renewable Connections, 21st project consent since 2021.
First of its kind Welsh energy initiative
The Launch of the publicly-owned renewable energy developer, Trydan Gwrdd Cymru, will accelerate the development of renewable energy projects in Wales, particularly focusing on onshore wind. The Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and the Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, officially launched the developer earlier this month stating, ‘Owning our own renewables company on behalf of Wales will allow us not only to develop renewables in ways that fit with the natural environment but most importantly to provide us, and the people of Wales, with the ability to own the returns on what will be a significant investment’. Ed Miliband, the UK Government Energy Secretary, looks forward to working closely with the Welsh Government as its a step forwards in making Britain a clean energy superpower.
Along with the launch Jeremy set out the Welsh Governments long-term plans a greener, more sustainable energy supply along side a decarbonising strategy. PowerGreen can work with your business in order to reach these new sustainable goals.
Promising implications for renewable energy
On the 5th July, Sir Keir Starmer was brought into power as the new Prime Minister as a result of the Labour Party win during the UK General Election. Labour have set their stall, in relation to the UK Green Economy, including promises to double onshore wind, treble solar power and quadruple offshore wind by 2030. Whilst these ambitious targets are welcomed, they will rely on challenges including the grid lock on the National Grid, being resolved.
How PowerGreen are helping businesses
The PowerGreen team are helping commercial and industrial businesses across the UK to achieve their targets. By creating flexible, bespoke solar solutions we can support companies to meet their sustainability and ESG objectives, whilst reducing their long-term energy costs. 
Solar is a mature and reliable technology, assisting in accelerating the clean energy transition to help with the immediate climate and energy crisis. We are delighted to be working with many sustainability, commercial, financial and operations Directors across a range of business sectors, designing and delivering ground or rooftop solar projects to meet their needs.
Please contact us at powergreenppa@renewableconnections.co.uk to find out what we can do for your business.