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Solar Media analyst Josh Cornes explores how the most recent Contracts for Difference auction will affect the UK solar industry.

The UK’s new solar deployment for 2024 is forecast to be down year-on-year compared to 2023, as installations relatively stable across residential, commercial rooftop and ground-mount segments, writes Solar Media analyst Josh Cornes.

The UK solar industry is set to add an additional 1.7 GWp-dc of new solar PV capacity in 2023, continuing its post-subsidy (FiTs and ROCs), growth phase towards being a multi-GW market over the next few years, according to the latest research findings from the Solar Media Market Research team.

Finlay Colville, head of market intelligence at Solar Media, was presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday evening (18 October) at the Solar and Storage Live awards ceremony.

The UK added a record high 800MWh of new utility energy storage capacity last year, as the sector moves closer to GWh additions out to 2030 and beyond.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at one of the only solar farms to be developed on Grade 1 land, Crossens solar farm, being developed by Defra.

Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the government departments surging forward with solar farms.

Following reports of rising refusals for solar farm applications, Solar Media’s Finlay Colville takes a look at the number of projects coming through the planning system.

In the run-up to the inaugural, in-person UK Solar Summit event, Solar Power Portal caught up with Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville to discuss all things utility-scale solar.

During the first six months of 2022, the UK posted 80% growth in new solar PV installations compared to the same period last year, with 556MW of capacity installed. Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville explains the factors driving this growth and what can be expected for the rest of 2022 and into 2023.