The UK and Ireland were the two countries to sign the highest number of renewable energy  power purchase agreements (PPAs) in May, according to Swiss consultancy Pexapark.

As part of its Industrial Strategy, the UK government has published the Clean Energy Industries Plan to “unleash the tidal wave of jobs and investment” that the energy transition will bring.

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has agreed to conditionally acquire a 32.6MW solar site in Ireland for approximately €27 million (£23.13 million).

Clean energy developer British Solar Renewables (BSR) has submitted a planning application for a 15MW solar PV power plant in Kent.

International energy major TotalEnergies has revealed plans for a proposed solar PV power plant with a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) near Birmingham Airport.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has granted a development consent order (DCO) for a solar and storage project put forward by BayWa.r.e.

Watch the webinar, Making large scale solar worth it: Delivering the UK’s first solar NSIP, with Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ Rosalind Maxwell Smith and Josh Cornes of Solar Media Market Research, hosted by Solar Power Portal.

Island Green Power has opened the second round of community consultation for the East Pye Solar project, a proposed 500MW solar PV power plant with a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS).

British Solar Renewables (BSR) has launched a community consultation regarding plans for the Hooton Pagnell Renewable Park, a proposed solar-plus-storage development near Doncaster.

Greenvolt Next UK has announced that it has agreed deals to install rooftop solar arrays on two major shopping centers in the UK.