Subsidy-free solar in the UK
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Record new capacity added to UK large-scale solar pipeline during April 6 May 2020, 09:37The pipeline of large-scale solar farms in the UK saw a massive uptick in April 2020, with a record level of new capacity added. Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, has all the details.
- NESF plans to resume build-out ‘shortly’ as portfolio continues to outperform budget 8 Apr 2020, 11:54
- Q&A: Yealm Community Energy’s Andrew Moore on subsidy-free community solar 8 Apr 2020, 09:27
- Understanding the UK’s 8.5GW of completed large-scale solar farms 7 Apr 2020, 13:51
- Anesco energises 12MW subsidy-free Bumpers solar farm 7 Apr 2020, 10:55
- UK utility solar pipeline continues growth, near-term window allows suppliers to fill prospect lists 3 Apr 2020, 08:00
- Q&A: Community Energy England's Emma Bridge on COVID-19 delays and enabling subsidy-free 24 Mar 2020, 13:45
- AMP’s Mark Tarry on how the solar market is about to go ‘bang’ 19 Mar 2020, 13:14
- Q&A: Foresight's Ricardo Piñeiro talks the rise of subsidy free and high power prices 17 Mar 2020, 14:42
- Q&A: Talking subsidy-free solar and the challenges that remain with Smith Brothers' Dave Ogden 5 Mar 2020, 16:12
- UK utility-scale project developers return to market as pipeline grows to 7GW 2 Mar 2020, 10:45
- Solar Power Portal launches subsidy-free solar campaign as UK market readies for a rebound 27 Feb 2020, 10:55
- Bluefield eyes ‘exciting’ new investments as PPA strategy side-steps tumbling power prices 27 Feb 2020, 10:44
- UK utility solar sector starts GW-plus deployment roll-out for 2020 5 Feb 2020, 09:00
- Solar Power Portal launches Utility Solar Summit event, new subsidy-free solar campaign 5 Feb 2020, 09:00
- Elgin Energy completes fundraise to pursue 250MW UK solar portfolio 30 Jan 2020, 12:41
- Q&A: NextEnergy Capital CEO Mike Bonte-Friedheim talks subsidy-free solar 23 Jan 2020, 11:08
- Armstrong signs JV to pursue 500MW UK solar and storage pipeline 9 Jan 2020, 10:22
- GRIDSERVE completes ‘game changing’ solar-plus-storage site 19 Dec 2019, 00:01
- NESF lauds switch on of ‘UK’s largest’ subsidy-free solar site 16 Dec 2019, 10:13
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