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During the third quarter of 2024, renewables accounted for 50.5% of electricity generation in Great Britain.

The Great North Road Solar and Biodiversity Park, being developed by UK-based Elements Green, will be the “largest UK solar farm to embrace grazing”.

Qair, formerly Green Switch Capital, has received planning permission for a 49.9MWp solar power plant in Buckinghamshire.

Energy Optimisation Solutions (EOS), a developer backed by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has submitted plans for a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built at the Teesworks development on Teesside.

This has been a big year for the UK’s solar and storage industry, with major developments in the sector for the most part positive. We take a look at this year’s top stories to see what most moved the industry.

Trade association Solar Energy UK says it expects solar generation to “considerably exceed” the target set in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.

The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published by the government makes compliance with UK climate obligations easier.

Elexon has changed to rules of the balancing and settlement code (BSC) to reduce the financial exposure faced by large energy storage facilities.

Allye Energy has delivered its first MAX battery energy storage system (BESS) to renewables provider OnBio.

Portuguese utility EDP, through EDP renewables (EDPR), has begun construction of its first standalone battery energy storage (BESS) asset in Europe.