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Green Switch Capital has announced that it has been granted full planning permission for its 49.95MW Lark Hill Solar Farm in Essex.

Ethical investor Triodos Bank UK has provided a £3 million loan to the Solar for Schools Community Benefit Society (CBS).

A new report from climate and energy think tank Ember has revealed that globally, 593GW of solar capacity will likely be installed by the end of this year.

A new report by energy service provider Joulen, formerly the Electric Storage Company, suggests 0.1% of UK businesses could provide the equivalent power of both Hinkley Point C and 130 grid-scale battery sites by installing battery energy storage.

A coalition of battery energy storage developers says constraint skips are “holding back investment and driving up consumer bills”.

Solar and battery developer Renewable Connections has been granted full approval for an upcoming solar project in Leicestershire.

YLEM Energy offshoot Root-Power, which launched earlier this year, has received planning permission for a 12MW/24MWh battery energy storage site in Caterham, Surrey.

Varco Energy, a UK-based battery asset owner with a pipeline of three long-duration storage projects (LDES), has agreed an asset management software deal with Arenko.

Island Green Power has unveiled plans for a utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project, slated for development in Norfolk, England.

Root-Power has submitted planning applications for five BESS projects across England, with a combined capacity of 210MW.