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The consented site map for the 400MW East Yorkshire Solar Farm by Boom Power. Image: Boom Power.

Government grants consent for Boom Power’s 400MW East Yorkshire solar NSIP

May 12, 2025
The government has granted consent for Boom Power’s 400MW East Yorkshire Solar Farm, a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).
The development is sited near Selby in North Yorkshire. Currently, the largest operational solar plant in Yorkshire is the 55MW Skeeby projects owned and operated by Atrato Onsite Energy (pictured). Image: Atrato Onsite Energy.

Enray Power secures financing for first solar and BESS development

May 9, 2025
Enray Power, a solar PV developer-operator, has reached a financial close for its 68.5MWp solar power plant co-located with a 24MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
The conversation around solar farms often lacks reliable data, leading to conflicting narratives. Image: Lightrock Power.

Do solar farms boost biodiversity?

May 9, 2025
Understanding the effects on land and biodiversity caused by land-based renewables is far from straightforward, writes Tom Kenning for PV Tech Power.
Ethical Power put forward the three projects via Hive Ethical Project Developments, a joint venture with Hive Energy. Image: Ethical Power.

Ethical Power scores three solar PV planning consents

May 8, 2025
Ethical Power has been granted planning permission for three solar power plants with combined generation capacity of 63.4MW.
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DESNZ launches call for evidence for solar carports in the UK

May 8, 2025
DESNZ has launched a call for evidence to help increase the number of solar-powered carports in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Over the 30-year lifespan of the development (pictured), sheep grazing will take place around the panels. Image: Blenheim Palace/Pete Seaward.

Blenheim Estate solar plant completed, biodiversity ‘already seeing an uplift’

May 2, 2025
Blenheim Estate has become a net generator of green energy following completion of a solar power plant covering 20 acres of the estate’s land.
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UK entering ‘peak period’ of solar PV theft by ‘fully industrialised’ criminal network

May 1, 2025
March and April saw a “significant rise” in thefts and crime at UK solar projects, with 11 reported incidents compared with just three reported in February.
Solar Energy UK round up of the year. Image: Neoen.

Ofgem: Grid connection reform to unlock 65GW of utility-scale solar PV

April 16, 2025
Ofgem has said that grid connection reform could unlock 65GW of prospective utility-scale solar PV developments.
The 373MW Cleve Hill solar plant, the UK's first solar nationally significant infrastructure project, covers 360 hectares of land. Image: Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.

Study: 90GW solar capacity requires under 1% of UK’s land

April 15, 2025
A study by Lancaster University shows 90GW of solar capacity would need just 0.39% of the land not already hosting a solar farm in the UK.
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Aura Power lands planning consent for two solar projects

April 14, 2025
Renewable energy developer Aura Power has secured planning permission for two solar PV power plants in England.

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