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A planning application for a new solar farm near the M6 has been submitted by Coventry City Council on land in the council’s ownership.

National Grid has helped install the first solar panels at a Gloucestershire school as part of its solar PV fund to promote decarbonisation in local communities.

Renewable energy provider Good Energy has announced it has acquired solar installation business Wessex EcoEnergy in a deal worth £2.5 million.

Specialist investment firm Adaptogen Capital has confirmed that it has raised £207 million for its Adaptogen Battery Storage LP fund.

TagEnergy, a renewable energy developer, confirmed this week that it had closed a €570 million (£487 million) green bond to boost its solar, wind and energy storage pipelines in the UK, Europe and Australia.

Renewable energy company Boom Power is set to develop a 237.5MW co-located solar-based Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) in Fenwick, Doncaster.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has outlined its reservations as to whether the UK will be able to achieve its generation targets for solar, wind and nuclear.

Experts are predicting that the long summer days will boost solar energy production as the industry marks the Summer Solstice and European Solar Day on 21 June.

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has unveiled plans to boost clean energy in the UK with solar a central pillar in achieving this.

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