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Enviromena acquires ready-to-build solar plant in Shropshire, UK Enviromena acquires ready-to-build solar plant in Shropshire, UK

UK power producer Enviromena has acquired a 30MW fully consented solar PV plant from Luxembourg-based RE Infrastructure Opportunities Holding S.à.r.l.

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

Jul 22, 2025

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Solar Investment

Thrive Renewables lands £10 million funding injection Thrive Renewables lands £10 million funding injection

byKit Million Ross

Jul 21, 2025

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Solar Investment

OVO Energy announces plans to launch generation arm OVO Energy announces plans to launch generation arm

byKit Million Ross

Jul 21, 2025

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Battery Storage

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shareholders call board review citing ‘subscale nature’ of the fund Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shareholders call board review citing ‘subscale nature’ of the fund

Jul 21, 2025

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Evolution Power lands permission for Wandon End Solar at appeal Evolution Power lands permission for Wandon End Solar at appeal

byKit Million Ross

Jul 18, 2025

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Battery Storage

RES signs management agreement for 500MW/1GWh battery energy storage system in Scotland RES signs management agreement for 500MW/1GWh battery energy storage system in Scotland

Jul 18, 2025

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Cero Generation secures £200 million to build 360MW UK solar and storage portfolio

Cero Generation secures £200 million to build 360MW UK solar and storage portfolio

byJonathan Touriño Jacobo, Section Editor

Solar Investment

Great British Energy awards £10 million funding for further rooftop solar rollout

Great British Energy awards £10 million funding for further rooftop solar rollout

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

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Government reforms CfD rules for AR7

Government reforms CfD rules for AR7

byKit Million Ross

UPDATE: NESO extends grid connection application window as major issues raised

UPDATE: NESO extends grid connection application window as major issues raised

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners gives Elements Green £69.5 million cash boost

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners gives Elements Green £69.5 million cash boost

byShreeyashi Ojha, Senior Reporter

NESO's Future Energy Scenarios show the foundation for net zero is already laid

NESO's Future Energy Scenarios show the foundation for net zero is already laid

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

Battery Storage

Root Power secures planning permission for 100MWh BESS in Kent

Root Power secures planning permission for 100MWh BESS in Kent

byGeorge Heynes, Senior Reporter

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Utility Scale Solar

NextPower UK ESG energises 130MW of UK solar

NextPower UK ESG energises 130MW of UK solar

byKit Million Ross

Image of a panel speaking in front of a projector screen that reads REMA, Zonal Pricing and Market Reform - The Financial Impact.

Rejection of zonal pricing brings ‘clarity not resolution’

Rejection of zonal pricing brings ‘clarity not resolution’

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

battery storage units in a row

Battery Storage

Councils approve 490MW large-scale BESS projects in Cumberland, Canterbury & Nottinghamshire

Councils approve 490MW large-scale BESS projects in Cumberland, Canterbury & Nottinghamshire

byAndy Colthorpe, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Solar Power Portal hears from industry executives about how the UK can build up the workforce needed to achieve its 2030 clean power goals.

How do we build up the workforce to achieve Clean Power 2030?

How do we build up the workforce to achieve Clean Power 2030?

byCameron Murray, Senior Reporter

ed miliband stands behind a blue podium in front of a blue background

REMA: UK government rejects zonal pricing

REMA: UK government rejects zonal pricing

byKit Million Ross

a view from above of a BESS development

Battery Storage

Foresight acquires Harmony Energy Income Trust, takes fund private

Foresight acquires Harmony Energy Income Trust, takes fund private

byWill Norman, Senior Reporter

a white man stands in front of a glass building

GB Energy appoints Dan McGrail as permanent CEO

GB Energy appoints Dan McGrail as permanent CEO

byKit Million Ross

GB Energy board still considering ‘right places to go’

GB Energy board still considering ‘right places to go’

GB Energy board still considering ‘right places to go’

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

a white man in glasses stands behind a podium in front of two industrial looking spotlights and a CP2030 branded banner

Connections Reform: NESO invites applications to ‘unleash ready-to-go clean power projects’

Connections Reform: NESO invites applications to ‘unleash ready-to-go clean power projects’

byAndy Colthorpe, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

A map of the proposed site for the solar farm

E.ON opens consultation on revised 25MW Coventry solar farm plans

E.ON opens consultation on revised 25MW Coventry solar farm plans

byKit Million Ross

A large BESS development, viewed from above

Battery Storage

Gresham House 789MW BESS floor deals to replace Octopus toll, enable augmentations to 2-hour

Gresham House 789MW BESS floor deals to replace Octopus toll, enable augmentations to 2-hour

byCameron Murray, Senior Reporter

a map outlining the site of the now-approved Magheralin Solar Farm

RES lands consent for 29.9MW Irish solar farm

RES lands consent for 29.9MW Irish solar farm

byKit Million Ross

solar panels in a field stretching away from the camera

British Solar Renewables raises £345 million for 609MW of clean energy

British Solar Renewables raises £345 million for 609MW of clean energy

byShreeyashi Ojha, Senior Reporter

The future site of the now-consented Middleton Farm Energy Storage Facility showing rolling fields under a blue sky

Qair lands consent for 49.9MW BESS

Qair lands consent for 49.9MW BESS

byKit Million Ross

NESO opens plans for strategic energy planning framework

NESO opens plans for strategic energy planning framework

byKit Million Ross

solar PV panels in a field

EDF acquires Gate Burton solar NSIP from Low Carbon

EDF acquires Gate Burton solar NSIP from Low Carbon

byKit Million Ross

The Clean Power 2030 Summits.

‘The skills are immutable’: Plugging the UK’s green energy skills gap

‘The skills are immutable’: Plugging the UK’s green energy skills gap

byJP Casey, Section Editor

Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE, chair of policy pathways & governance, Transition Finance Council, speaks at Clean Power 2030 Summits

UK Solar Summit day two: maintaining confidence through renewables auction round 7

UK Solar Summit day two: maintaining confidence through renewables auction round 7

bySolar Power Portal Staff

Onshore wind panel at the 2030 Clean Power Summits.

Challenges remain ahead of UK onshore wind ‘renaissance’

Challenges remain ahead of UK onshore wind ‘renaissance’

byJP Casey, Section Editor

Great British Energy panel discussion at Clean Power 2030 Summits, July 2025, London.

How Great British Energy will build a UK solar supply chain

How Great British Energy will build a UK solar supply chain

byMolly Green, Senior Reporter

Bramley BESS development

Shell, Vodafone Procure & Connect, collaborate on smart BESS use pilot

Shell, Vodafone Procure & Connect, collaborate on smart BESS use pilot

byKit Million Ross

Solar Media's Clean Power Summits.

Fair risk allocation needed ahead of REMA zonal pricing decision

Fair risk allocation needed ahead of REMA zonal pricing decision

byJP Casey, Section Editor

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