policy

The UK government is consulting on reforms to its renewables auction scheme, including a longer target commissioning window (TWC) for solar PV.

Storage and batteries are the “only way” to solve the “massively complex” green grid of the future, managing director of Adaptogen Capital James Mills said on a panel at the Energy Storage Summit in London last week.

The solar industry “warmly” welcomes RenewableUK chief executive Dan McGrail’s appointment as interim CEO of Great British Energy.

On a panel at the Energy Storage Summit in London, head of connections policy at Ofgem said grid connection reforms will ultimately mean “a clearer signal to networks about what to build”.

In this blog, we take a deep dive into the research proving that solar farms can actually have a very positive impact on biodiversity.

Here, we explore what NESO’s proposed reforms are, how they might impact the solar energy sector and the renewable energy industry more broadly, and the feelings of the sector.

Island Green Power has announced that it has been granted permission to develop the 46MW Welby Solar Farm in Lincolnshire.

Solar industry trade group Solar Energy UK has penned an open letter to energy secretary Ed Miliband, warning that slowing the pace of solar investment after 2030 could be disastrous for the UK’s investment landscape.

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.

The government-backed National Wealth Fund will invest in Cornish Metals, which could mine critical minerals needed for solar panel production.