The latest renewable energy news includes announcements from Low Carbon, Windlab, RWE, Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Oxfordshire, Bungaban Wind Project, and others.
Low Carbon Plans 500 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Oxfordshire
Low Carbon is developing a 500 MW solar farm with battery energy storage in Oxfordshire, England, adding another major project to Britain’s rapidly expanding solar pipeline. The development would combine utility-scale photovoltaic generation with storage, allowing electricity produced during high-solar periods to be retained and dispatched later. At 500 MW, the project would rank among Britain’s larger proposed solar developments and will require progression through the country’s planning and grid-connection processes before construction. Co-locating battery capacity should improve utilisation of the grid connection and reduce exposure to periods of low or negative wholesale electricity prices. The project represents a fresh large-scale capacity proposal rather than an operating-asset update.
Windlab’s 1.4 GW Bungaban Wind Project and 500 MW Solar-BESS Plan Secure Environmental Approval
Windlab’s Bungaban renewable-energy development in Queensland has secured environmental approval covering an up to 1.4 GW wind farm and a proposal to combine it with a 500 MW solar project and battery energy storage. The approval clears a major development hurdle for what could become one of Australia’s larger integrated renewable-energy hubs. Combining wind, photovoltaic generation and storage allows output to be spread across more hours of the day while the BESS can shift electricity toward periods of stronger demand. The project is located in Queensland, where large new renewable projects are being developed alongside transmission investment. Environmental approval moves Bungaban closer to detailed engineering, financing, procurement and eventual construction.
RWE Approves 400 MW / 1.1 GWh Moerdijk Battery in the Netherlands
RWE has taken a final investment decision on a 400 MW/1,100 MWh lithium-ion battery at its Moerdijk power station in Noord-Brabant. The project will use 208 battery containers and deliver full output for almost three hours, enough to cover evening peak demand from roughly 500,000 households. The battery will connect through the site’s existing substation and operate under capacity-steering arrangements with TenneT to reduce regional grid congestion. It will also support integration of the 795 MW OranjeWind offshore wind farm, being developed by RWE and TotalEnergies. Construction is due to begin shortly, with commissioning planned for Q2 2028.