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100 homes in Swansea’s Penderi community have been retrofitted to generate, store and use their own solar energy.

Ahead of the upcoming UK Solar Summer, Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the speed with which all segments of the solar market are growing in the UK at the moment.

British solar thermal and solar PVT developer Naked Energy has announced a Series B funding round, as it targets £10 million-plus to go towards major US and further global expansion.

Finlay Colville explores the themes underpinning solar deployment at all levels out to 2030, including supply chain challenges, planning trends and community engagement.

OVO will invest £1 million to support new solar and wind farms through power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Canadian developer Boralex has acquired renewables developer Infinergy’s 338MW pipeline of renewables and energy storage developments in the UK.

Solar and battery storage developer Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) has submitted into planning a 13MWp solar farm in Lincolnshire.

Dragon LNG, the operator of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire, Wales, has partnered with renewables developer Anesco as it aims to transition to renewable energy and reduce its carbon emissions.

Solar materials and component prices have stayed high longer than expected and developers are now starting to feel the pinch, the latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast has discussed.

The average number of downtime days has nearly doubled in the solar sector globally, surging beyond the renewable sector-wide average rises of 38% on 2016 levels.