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Solar and battery developer Renewable Connections has been granted full approval for an upcoming solar project in Leicestershire.

Floating solar is on the rise around the world, but the UK sector remains small. Solar Power Portal examines why.

Innova has revealed that earlier this year it received planning consent from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council to extend its solar and energy storage project, Blythe Solar Farm.

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.

Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted has selected energy service provider Voltalia to build its first Irish solar power plant.

Renewable energy developer BayWa.re has been granted planning permission for the Springmount Solar Farm, its first Irish solar project.

Renewable energy investment firm Schroders Greencoat has acquired the Tiln Farm solar project from Lightsource bp, which today announced its completion.

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