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Britain could be solely powered by solar and wind power, according to a new policy brief by Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

The UK solar sector could play a pivotal role in supporting the UK reach a “beyond net zero” scenario by achieving a five-fold capacity increase by 2035.

The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland.

Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) have now received all of the 99 signed contacts from July’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, as projects start eying their first contractual milestones.

The fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction has now opened, with solar able to take part for the first time since 2015.

Solar and storage technologies were conspicuously absent from Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

The new 40GW offshore wind power target, the need for greater flexibility and the conspicuous lack of detail on the role of storage and solar going forwards come up as key topics of conversation in the new episode of Solar Media’s Podcast.

The UK has once again slipped down international rankings for attractive renewable energy markets after the new government’s decisions to close Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and approve Hinkley Point C “dealt a blow” to the country’s prospects.