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The Planning Inspectorate has accepted a planning application from independent renewable energy company RES for a 400MW solar power plant co-located with 200MW energy storage.

Renewable energy developer SSE Renewables has announced that it has opened the first public consultation for a proposed solar and storage development.

The month of May has seen a bumper crop of major solar projects apply for planning consent, as both Island Green Power and RES submit their applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).

The government has granted consent for Boom Power’s 400MW East Yorkshire Solar Farm, a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP).

Renewable energy developer Low Carbon has submitted a planning application for its Beacon Fen Energy Park to the UK government.

Green Nation has released updated plans for its Whitestone Solar Farm showing a reduction of the area that will be covered by solar PV panels.

British Solar Renewables (BSR) has announced that it has acquired the Little Crow solar and storage project from INRG.

Solar Media Market Research analyst Josh Cornes talks through the months since the government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan was published, addressing how grid connection queue reforms and the 2030 deadline have impacted the UK’s solar development pipeline. 

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced the close of debt financing for the Cleve Hill solar and battery storage project.

Proposed reforms to the NSIP and legal systems are very much welcomed by many in the industry. Here, we examine some recent legal and planning challenges to proposed solar NSIPs that could have been avoided by a more efficient planning system.