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Work has started on a new solar farm on the site of a former landfill that is to form part of the Bedford Green Technology and Innovation Park.

Octopus Renewables has announced a new partnership with Zestec Asset Management to deliver more than £100 million of new build UK solar assets.

Solar Media’s head of research Finlay Colville takes a look at the UK’s solar farm pipeline, and what we can expect to come online in the next year.

Virgin Money has agreed a new financing partnership with Gresham House Solar Distribution, providing a £18 million revolving credit facility to facilitate the growth of solar assets.

The UK solar industry continued its sustained growth in a zero-subsidy environment, posting 175MWp-dc of new capacity in the 3 months to 31 March 2021 (Q1’21).

Anesco has submitted a planning application for a 19.657MW Solar Farm in Amber Valley, Derbyshire.

​Scottish Water has announed its “most ambitious solar energy scheme to date”, with an installation planned for its Balmore Water Treatment Works in Torrance, East Dunbartonshire that is expected to generate 4GWh per year.

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) has acquired a 96MWp portfolio of UK solar PV assets for £42 million.

EDF Renewables has received planning consent for its 49.9MW Sutton Bridge solar farm, the company’s first large-scale solar development in the UK.

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired 100MWp of UK solar in a c.£64.3 million deal with Lightsource BP.