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The story of a local community coming together to buy their local solar farm and in the process set off a wave of good.

Cambridge Power has secured planning permission for a 60MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Redcote Lane, Leeds.

Trade body Solar Energy UK has published a new study of public attitudes towards solar development which finds that most people living near solar sites support the technology.

Development company BSR Energy has launched a challenge against the Welsh Minister after being refused planning consent for a 75MW solar farm.

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) will invest up to £2 million to set up and fund a new solar and battery storage development business.

Community Energy Together (CET), a new collaboration between five community energy groups in England and Wales, has launched share offers to fund the transfer of seven operational solar farms into community ownership.

Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has released an open letter to National Grid ESO highlighting concerns over the Balancing Mechanism (BM) which has seen an average skip rate of 80% for batteries between November 2022 and May 2023.

The UK government has published solar PV deployment statistics which show a total of 15.2GW of solar capacity, an increase of 6.7% in the year since June 2022.

Irish solar independent power producer (IPP) Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE) has received €125 million (£107 million) in funding to construct 230MW of solar assets.

The UK government is currently discussing plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process to enable faster consenting.