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New research from solar energy developer GRYD Energy has revealed that council-owned homes are more likely to have solar PV installed on their rooftops than private homes.

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

In this contributed blog, Dan Levy, planning manager at Balance Power, looks at Earth Day and how its environmental aims necessitate well-functioning battery energy storage developments.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Balance Power has today (17 April) announced that it has been granted planning permission for a 49.5MW BESS in Staffordshire.

Ofgem has said that grid connection reform could unlock 65GW of prospective utility-scale solar PV developments.

A study by Lancaster University shows 90GW of solar capacity would need just 0.39% of the land not already hosting a solar farm in the UK.

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has launched a new cap and floor investment support scheme in an effort to unlock billions in funding for new Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) projects.

A new record for solar generation in Ireland was set in March, according to Irish grid operator EirGrid.

On 1 April, between 12:30 and 13:00, Great Britain secured a new maximum solar generation record of 12.2GW.

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted two utility-scale solar PV plants for examination: German power company RWE’s 320MW Peartree Hill Solar Farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire and PS Renewables and Ørsted’s 740MW One Earth Solar Farm in Nottinghamshire.