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Green Nation has released updated plans for its Whitestone Solar Farm showing a reduction of the area that will be covered by solar PV panels.

Developer Kona Energy has secured a circa £40 million capacity market contract for its 228MW/456MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in East Lothian, Scotland.

Two solar developments, awarded contracts in Ireland’s second Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) in 2022, have reached new milestones, with one entering construction and another newly operational.

Invinity Energy Systems has reached an agreement to develop a 20.7MWh flow battery system, the UK’s largest.

Electricity generated by renewable technologies increased by 6.5% in 2024, accounting for a 50.8% of the UK’s electricity generation.

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted two utility-scale solar PV plants for examination: German power company RWE’s 320MW Peartree Hill Solar Farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire and PS Renewables and Ørsted’s 740MW One Earth Solar Farm in Nottinghamshire.

The latest data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have revealed that the UK now has a total of 18GW of operational solar PV capacity installed.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Root-Power has been granted planning permission for a 30MW/60MWh BESS in Greater Manchester.

Scottish ministers have approved a 200MW/400MWh 2-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) to be developed by OnPath Energy.

Drax has outbid Foresight Group LLP to acquire the share capital of the publicly-listed Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) for £200 million.