Solar Media Staff

Across Europe, the number of power purchase agreements (PPAs) increased by 4.5% in 2022, according the European PPA Market Outlook 2023 conducted by Pexapark.

Enviromena has announced that its first UK solar farm, located in Winchester, has gone online.

The UK saw some of the biggest increases in solar power purchase agreement (PPA) prices in Europe in Q4 2022, jumping 30%.

The economics of developing solar have “decisively switched” according to a panel of experts this week, but development still faces a number of barriers with the most significant being the grid.

The UK added a record high 800MWh of new utility energy storage capacity last year, as the sector moves closer to GWh additions out to 2030 and beyond.

Over the last three years there’s been a 315% increase in the demand for solar installers, according to new data from hiring platform Indeed.

Solar Power Portal recently caught up with Clean Power Research’s CEO Jeff Ressler, to find out more about how the use of satellite data has developed, and how it’s helping tackle key challenges from new terrains to balancing the energy mix.

Closed end investment company Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust has increased its target dividend for the second year in a row.

Electrical contracting specialist Dynamic Energy Solutions has announced a new strategic partnership with engineering company 2DegreesKelvin, to expand its services to the solar sector.

The Government should “level the playing field” by expanding the investment allowance to the Electricity Generator Levy.