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

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

Solar Power Portal discusses solar PV’s role in the UK’s Clean Power 2030 ambitions with one of the key figures in delivering CFDs and the Capacity Market.

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.

Just two weeks until the UK Solar Summit 2025, here are some of the latest policy updates shaping UK solar.

The capacity threshold at which solar and onshore wind projects are classed as nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) will rise to 100MW from 31 December this year.

The UK government has confirmed that the Warm Homes Plan will be backed by £13.2 billion funding, enabling households to save money on bills.

On 1-2 July, the UK Solar Summit 2025 will bring together leading developers, investors and policymakers to explore solar’s evolving role in the UK energy mix. 

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted a planning application from independent renewable energy company RES for a 400MW solar power plant co-located with 200MW energy storage.

Ahead of Solar Media’s UK Solar Summit 2025, hear from Rosalind Smith Maxwell, director of Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, and analyst Josh Cornes.