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A new report written by Cornwall Insight in partnership with global law firm DLA Piper has emphasised the “urgent need” to incentivise the development of new long-duration energy systems that are “crucial” to the UK achieving net zero by 2050.

Global optimiser Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund that will see over 500MW of battery energy storage optimised.

OVO Energy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Atrato Onsite Energy to receive clean energy from its 50MW solar PV project in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider, ev.energy has announced a new partnership with Maxeon Solar Technologies that will see domestic solar power charge electric vehicles (EVs).

Following energy minister Graham Stuart’s assurances that the Government is working hard to meet it’s 70GW solar target on the first day of Solar Media’s UK Solar Summit 2023 (27 June) the close of the second day of the event saw a panel of experts discuss what risks threaten the success of this new era of solar.

Scotland’s interest-free solar home loans scheme has been ended abruptly, according to Solar Energy UK.

Solar will remain the energy sector’s fastest-growing sub-segment, says a Bloomberg Intelligence report, which suggests that demand could soar 30-40% in 2023.

Labour Party Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal Dr Alan Whitehead opened the second day of the UK Solar Summit, hosted by our publisher Solar Media, to lay out Labour’s vision for the solar and renewable sectors.

The first meeting of the government’s Solar Taskforce was held in May, with the group aiming to lay out a pathway to achieving the government’s target of 70GW of solar by 2025 within the next year.

UK Minister of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Graham Stuart, opened the UK Solar Summit in London today, reassuring the industry that the government was addressing pressing problems and meeting its targets for decarbonising the energy grid.