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Cambridgeshire County Council has unveiled plans for a “pioneering” solar farm, adding to the two other projects announced this month.

Oldham Council has announced its intention to build a 900kW solar farm.

Solar Power Portal’s resident local authority expert Stephen Cirell investigates the role solar car ports can play in helping councils and local authorities tackle climate emergencies, helped by tumbling install costs.

A 25MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Somerset will see an additional 5MW, taking it to its maximum capacity.

Implement “proper” climate change plans or risk facing legal challenge, environmental lawyers have warned 100 councils across England.

A council-owned solar farm has smashed generation targets in its third year of operation, taking its overall income to £4 million.

Wokingham Borough Council has become the latest to embrace solar, pledging school installs during the next academic year.

Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) has unveiled two landmark solar-plus-storage projects on existing landfill sites which aim to be the first of their kind in the UK.

West Sussex County Council recently followed up Anesco’s completion of the UK’s first subsidy-free solar farm in September last year with its own, deploying 7.4MW alongside a battery to make the project viable. While some have argued the project offers little in discussions of the future solar landscape in the UK, local authority projects are being completed now and could bridge the gap in deployment until private investors get moving.

Glasgow City Council has installed 350kW of solar PV across seven schools as part of its Carbon Management Plan.