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UK’s largest solar park Cleve Hill granted development consent
Cleve Hill Solar Park, set to be the largest in the UK, has been granted development consent by the energy secretary.
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Statkraft signs PPA and optimisation contract for York solar-plus-storage site
Statkraft has signed a hybrid power purchase and optimisation agreement with Warrington Renewables (York) Limited.
Leicester County Council targets new £14m solar farm development
Leicester County Council has set its sights on a new solar farm and carbon neutral site, in a new £14 million green project.
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COVID-19 to cause ‘unparalleled decline’ in energy investment
Despite proving more resilient than fossil fuels, investment in renewables looks set to be heavily hit by COVID-19 as investment in the energy sector plunges to lowest level in history.
NextEnergy secures ‘first-of-its-kind’ £100m debt financing for subsidy-free sites
NextEnergy Capital has secured what it is lauding as a “first-of-its-kind” debt financing to construct two subsidy-free solar sites as it unveils a new subsidy-free private fund.
PODCAST: Large-scale Solar Digital Summit in review
Following last week’s Large Scale Digital Summit, organised by Solar Power Portal publisher Solar Media, we re-cap all of the industry leading insight and discussion in our podcast.
TRIG raises £120 million to pay RCF
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has raised £120 million, which is set to go towards its revolving credit facility (RCF).
Greencoat snaps up 156MW BlackRock solar portfolio
BlackRock Real Assets is selling on a 156MW portfolio that it co-owns with Lightsource BP to Greencoat Capital.
RenewableUK calls on government to ‘go even further’ to support solar
The government needs to “go even further with enabling measures” such as public sector PPAs in order to accelerate solar deployment to help meet net zero.
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Distributed solar sector to rebound ‘significantly slower’ than other renewables post COVID-19
Residential solar installations will take longer to rebound from the COVID-19 slowdown than most renewables, making it unlikely solar PV will surpass 2019 levels over the next year.
‘Landmark’ plans for UK’s first lithium-ion Gigaplant unveiled
The UK could see its first full cycle battery cell GigaPlant built after AMTE Power and Britishvolt today committed to exploring its development.
Return of CfD for solar helps boost the UK’s attractiveness
The return of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions for solar and onshore wind has boosted the UK up EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI).
Solar & Storage Live pushed to December due to COVID-19
This year’s Solar & Storage Live exhibition has been delayed till December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CfDs should be expanded and clarity given to help economic confidence, NIC says
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme should be expanded, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has recommended, with "clarity on dates and scales" required.
Gresham House signs optimisation deal with Flexitricity for 75MWh of storage
Gresham House has signed another optimisation deal, this time with Flexitricity for its 50MW/75MWh Thurcroft site.
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SEEIT looks to invest £100m in new assets in new trading update
The SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) is looking to invest more than £100 million in assets including rooftop solar.