Solar Markets & Finance

Highfield Solar has successfully secured full financing for two new solar projects in Ireland, with a combined 132MWp capacity.

Electricity and clean energy service supplier Good Energy Group PLC has acquired Amelio Solar, a solar installation company based in Lincolnshire.

Solar and infrastructure investor NextPower UK ESG (NPUK) revealed on Friday (7 October) that it has signed one of the UK’s largest solar sleeved PV power purchase agreements (PPAs) with utility Anglian Water Services covering the 75MW Llanwern solar PV power plant in Wales.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), an investor focused on large scale renewable energy assets in the UK, has released its annual results for the year ended June 2024, claiming that its operational portfolio is now responsible for 5% of UK solar generation.

Irish energy trading and services company ElectroRoute, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi, has announced it will add to its London-based team.

A new report from climate and energy think tank Ember has revealed that globally, 593GW of solar capacity will likely be installed by the end of this year.

Head of research at PV Tech, Finlay Colville, says overspending in the period from 2021 until 2023 has “finally” impacted the entire solar sector.

Results released by DESNZ show that a total of 93 ground-based solar projects, with a combined capacity of 3.3GW, scored CfD support.

Renewable energy investment company Thrive Renewables has entered into a joint venture with TopCashback that they say will help fund the next phase of the UK’s net zero transition.

Residential solar and battery marketplace Otovo has announced a partnership with British virtual power plant (VPP) Levelise to launch an AI-powered ‘Hub’.