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February 3, 2025
The UK government has opened consultation on a land use framework that could make it less likely “high quality farmland” is lost to renewable energy projects.
January 31, 2025
The government-backed National Wealth Fund will invest in Cornish Metals, which could mine critical minerals needed for solar panel production.
January 30, 2025
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.
January 29, 2025
Renewable energy developer PS Renewables has been granted permission for a 34MW solar PV power plant in Lincolnshire, following an appeal to the planning inspectorate.
January 27, 2025
The UK government has announced its Planning and Infrastructure Bill will launch, proposing changes to deliver more solar projects.
January 27, 2025
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has granted development consent orders (DCOs) to the Heckington Fen Solar and West Burton Solar solar PV power plants.
January 22, 2025
The head of Scotland’s solar energy trade group has criticised plans to reform the grid to enable greater uptake of rooftop solar, noting that Scotland will not benefit from the proposed reforms.
January 20, 2025
Tomorrow (17 January), the government will debate a new bill that would require all new homes to have solar PV generation installed.
January 16, 2025
The UK’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) has issued a proposal that, if approved, would see the transmission impact assessment (TIA) threshold rise from 1MW to 5MW.
January 10, 2025
Growing community opposition to solar developments and the high cost of capital will be pressing challenges for the European solar industry in the next year.

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