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Cumberland Council has granted planning permission for a 200MW/400MWh BESS project from developers Recurrent Energy and Windel Energy which, unless a new grid connection date is agreed, won’t start construction until 2029.

Solar Power Portal’s coverage of the first day of the UK Solar Summit in London, which opened with an address from Sonia Dunlop.

The Scottish government’s overhaul of permitted development rights (PDRs) for rooftop solar has officially come into force, removing the need for planning permission.

The first batteries have arrived at SSE Renewables’ battery storage project in Ferrybridge where installation will continue until late June.

At the Renewable Energy Revenues Summit 2024, a panel praised National Grid ESO’s role in facilitating the market and suggested that third-party optimisation may not be commoditising as some had anticipated.

Maldon District Council has granted planning permission to British Solar Renewables (BSR) for a new solar project in Essex.

Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has cancelled its first quarter dividend and appointed JLL to sell some or all of its BESS portfolio, partly to demonstrate that the fund is undervalued by the markets.

Canadian Solar’s subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, sells 49.9 MWp Middle Road solar project in Warwickshire to Centrica Business Solutions.

British Solar Renewables (BSR) has announced that its latest upcoming solar park has been granted planning permission by East Suffolk Council, the second approval it has gained this year.

Enborne Solar Farm, a proposed community-owned solar farm, has been granted planning permission by the planning authority of West Berkshire.