Large-Scale Solar

Cottam Solar Project, being developed by Island Green Power, has been awarded a development consent order (DCO) by secretary of state for energy security and net zero Ed Miliband.

EDF Renewables has opened consultation on updated proposals for the Rosefield Solar Farm project that will also feature battery storage and is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).

Industry body Solar Energy Scotland has made a statement fighting the myth that solar farms are a threat to food security.

Perhaps Labour’s biggest contribution to the solar industry in the UK (so far) has been the change in messaging about solar developments.

A legal challenge against the development of the 500MW Sunnica Energy Farm solar project has been abandoned after two councils have withdrawn from the process.

German power producer RWE has concluded its statutory consultation on its 320MW Peartree Hill solar-plus-storage project in the East Riding of Yorkshire and is now reviewing community feedback.

The UK’s Standard Chartered Bank will provide a €249 million loan  for Turkish renewable energy investment company Kalyon Enerji.

Suffolk County Council has written to the UK government, criticising the decision to approve planning permission for a 500MW solar and storage project on the border of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Greencoat Renewables, a renewable infrastructure fund, has completed its acquisition of a 50% stake in the 80.5MWp South Meath Solar Farm from Statkraft.

The government announced on 30 July that the budget for the sixth auction round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will see a £500 million increase, reaching £1.5 billion.