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Irish renewable energy investor NTR Plc, has announced the acquisition of the 70MWp Medebridge solar farm in Essex, bringing its total UK solar plants to almost 170MW of installed capacity.

Solar farm owner Toucan Energy Holdings has reportedly entered into administration, with Thurrock Council having run up debts of around £1.5 billion.

Barclays is to offer its UK residential mortgage customers £1,000 to install solar systems as part of the pilot of the Greener Home Reward scheme.

Good Energy Limited and F&S Energy Limited are set to pay a total of £800,000 in compensation to Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) customers.

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed an agreement with Qcells to utilise solar PV for a flagship project.

Clean energy solutions company Enviromena will launch an appeal against Dorset Council’s decision to reject planning proposals for a 11.8MW solar installation spanning 40-acres at Cruxton Farm near Maiden Newton.

The Scottish Government have released a new planning system, National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), this week which shows how planners will be expected to treat solar developments across Scotland.

Committee members at Darlington Borough Council have approved Aura Power’s 49.9MW Burtree Lane solar farm.

Adjudications made in the coming months by the UK’s Planning Inspectorate may have a profound impact on solar farm applications submitted to Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in coming years.

Two dozen Scottish companies have written to their ministers calling for urgent alterations to planning law and tax rules to boost solar capacity and help tackle unprecedented energy costs.