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NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has announced that its private fund focused on new-build UK solar, NextPower UK ESG (NPUK) has raised £733 million at its final fundraising close, almost 50% over target.

AMPYR Distributed Energy (ADE) has completed installation of a 224kW rooftop solar array at exotic mushrooms producer Smithy Mushrooms’ Lancashire HQ.

Zenobē has announced today that its Blackhillock battery site in Scotland, the largest in Europe, has begun commercial operations.

Apatura has secured planning permission for a 400MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built in central Scotland.

Elements Green has signed a deal with Mitie-owned G2 Energy to design and build its 360MW/720MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nottinghamshire.

German energy company Uniper has entered the construction phase for its 45MW solar generation portfolio in Staffordshire, UK.

Developer Innova has announced signing of a 40-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the combined 15MWp output of its Cefn and Wrexham solar farms.

The UK government is consulting on reforms to its renewables auction scheme, including a longer target commissioning window (TWC) for solar PV.

Storage and batteries are the “only way” to solve the “massively complex” green grid of the future, managing director of Adaptogen Capital James Mills said on a panel at the Energy Storage Summit in London last week.

The solar industry “warmly” welcomes RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail’s appointment as interim CEO of Great British Energy.