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Danish developer European Energy (EE) has teamed up with North Yorkshire’s Norstar to build 200MW of new projects in the UK.

A battery storage site in Northern Ireland developed by Low Carbon and Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has been energised.

Solar Power Portal caught up with Ronan Kilduff, managing director of Elgin Energy, to talk about why Ireland was chosen to develop bifacial, the importance of open data when trialing newer technologies and technologies and the potential for “further business” with Foresight.

International solar developer ReneSola has entered into a joint venture with subsidy-free solar platform Novergy to develop UK solar.

Foresight Group and Elgin Energy are to develop 200MW of UK solar PV as part of a new partnership.

Statkraft Ireland has acquired a portfolio of 275MWdc of solar from Lightsource BP.

The UK will need to deploy 80GW of solar to meet net zero according to a new whitepaper.

The UK’s first DC-coupled battery energy storage system is under development in a collaboration between GE Renewable Energy and Wykes.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has completed the acquisition of a 64.2MWp UK solar portfolio.

Solar generation across Europe jumped 15% in the first six months of the year, reaching 68TWh largely due to bigger solar farms coming online.