policy

To bolster the UK’s renewable generation capacity, the UK Government has today (3 August) unveiled a £22 million increase in funding for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, which will include solar.

Development company BSR Energy has launched a challenge against the Welsh Minister after being refused planning consent for a 75MW solar farm.

Community Energy Together (CET), a new collaboration between five community energy groups in England and Wales, has launched share offers to fund the transfer of seven operational solar farms into community ownership.

Electricity Storage Network (ESN) has released an open letter to National Grid ESO highlighting concerns over the Balancing Mechanism (BM) which has seen an average skip rate of 80% for batteries between November 2022 and May 2023.

The UK government is currently discussing plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process to enable faster consenting.

Renewable energy company Drax Group has secured development consent for a 600MW underground pumped storage hydro (PSH) plant in Scotland.

Eku Energy and NHOA have announced plans to build two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, totalling 130MWh, in Essex and Buckinghamshire.

A Parliamentary debate held in Westminster Hall yesterday (19 July) highlighted concerns from Conservative MPs over the deployment of solar.

Equity fund DIF has announced the “UK’s first” bankable and unsubsidised co-located Power Purchase Agreement and optimisation agreement (hybrid PPA) for solar.

The UK Solar Taskforce has established four issue-specific sub-groups to support the creation of its roadmap for 70GW of solar by 2035.