Solar Markets & Finance

The UK government has today published its Solar Roadmap, a government-industry paper setting out practical measures to meet solar capacity targets.

The latest figures from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) show that solar capacity has risen by 8.1% year on year.

Monika Paplaczyk, chief investment officer at Thrive Renewables, who spoke to PV Tech Premium about the UK renewable energy sector this week, said UK solar delivery is increasingly complex.

Listed fund Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) has completed a third-party equity funding of £8.6 million to finance the augmentation of the combined 50MW Glassenbury projects.

EDF Renewables UK has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Transport for London (TfL) to power London’s Tube.

The UK and Ireland were the two countries to sign the highest number of renewable energy  power purchase agreements (PPAs) in May, according to Swiss consultancy Pexapark.

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has agreed to conditionally acquire a 32.6MW solar site in Ireland for approximately €27 million (£23.13 million).

Solar Power Portal discusses solar PV’s role in the UK’s Clean Power 2030 ambitions with one of the key figures in delivering CFDs and the Capacity Market.

Watch the webinar, Making large scale solar worth it: Delivering the UK’s first solar NSIP, with Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ Rosalind Maxwell Smith and Josh Cornes of Solar Media Market Research, hosted by Solar Power Portal.

Just two weeks until the UK Solar Summit 2025, here are some of the latest policy updates shaping UK solar.