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The government announced on 30 July that the budget for the sixth auction round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will see a £500 million increase, reaching £1.5 billion.

Bristol Energy Cooperative (BEC) has partnered with Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (GWAAC) to build a 240kWp rooftop array on the airbase.

Envision Energy has partnered with renewable energy infrastructure firm Field to develop a 50MWh BESS in Blackburn, England.

Consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was opened yesterday (30 July), with changes intended to “turbo-charge” the delivery of renewable generation by giving “significant weight” to the benefits associated with renewable and low carbon energy generation.

The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is set to publish the results of its consultation on the thresholds for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs).

Construction is underway on a new battery energy storage system (BESS) project, set to be one of the UK’s largest.

While the new Labour government has promised to “unleash a solar rooftop revolution”, Solar Together analysis shows a drop in solar panel uptake across England in 2024 so far.

Three organisations from across the energy sector have released a report examining how the UK’s solar energy planning system could be improved to hit renewable energy capacity targets.

New data from the UK government has shown that the UK now has 16.9GW of solar capacity online, as of the end of June 2024.

A new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has declared that accelerating the rollout of solar energy is a key step towards hitting the UK’s 2030 clean energy targets.