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Solar Power Portal and Livoltek are co-hosting a webinar that will explore the flexibility of small energy storage systems for solar. To register for the webinar, which takes place at 14:00 AM (BST) on 5 July, please click here.

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has recorded a slight increase in net asset value (NAV) of £5.9 million for the year with its portfolio achieving a generation outperformance.

Last week (16 June) saw Voltalia inaugurate its largest-to-date UK solar farm through a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with City of London Corporation.

Octopus Energy has installed solar panels in 13 houses on one street in Walthamstow, East London to create a ‘solar street’.

Network solutions company Alcemi has been granted planning permission to develop “one of Europe’s largest energy storage facilities”.

Solar Power Portal spoke with solar security experts CTSG about the challenges of protecting the growing number of solar plants in the UK from theft.

On Wednesday (14 June), energy supplier OVO Energy launched OVO Solar – a new solar package with the potential to save customers up to 90% on energy bills.

The High Court has ruled in favour of two solar projects being developed by solar developer Lightsource bp in the county of Durham.

Following success in securing £25,855 in funding from the UK Government’s Innovation competition, EDF UK R&D has announced it will explore space-based solar opportunities.

Journalist Andrew Neil weighed in on the UK’s solar output after the government ordered a coal-fired power plant to move to standby as energy demand soared in the summer heat. However, his pronouncements, based largely on a Telegraph article, lacked context and nuance. UK Editor John Lubbock explains why he is wrong about the UK solar sector.