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New solar company sets sights on 49.5MW site in Yorkshire

August 11, 2020
Ritchie Bland Energy Limited and Harmony Energy have set their sights on a new 49.5MW solar site in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire.
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Bouygues Energies & Services begins construction on UK’s largest subsidy-free site

July 23, 2020
Bouygues Energies & Services will build the largest subsidy-free solar farm in the UK for NextEnergy.
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Exclusive: Octopus Renewables and Lightsource BP call time on O&M contracts

July 22, 2020
Octopus has pulled the plug on its operations and maintenance contracts with Lightsource BP ahead of time, Solar Power Portal can reveal.
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Solar’s ‘bright space’: Falling prices help solar weather the impact of COVID-19

July 22, 2020
Despite concern about the impact of COVID-19 on investment in the solar sector, low technology prices have helped ensure the sector is optimistic.
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Octopus Renewables takes ‘exciting step’ as it acquires 9.1MW of rooftop solar

July 20, 2020
Octopus Renewables has acquired a 9.1MW portfolio of operational residential UK rooftop solar assets.
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Shell launches new Solar Storage tariff together with sonnen

July 15, 2020
Shell Energy has launched a new Solar Storage tariff as part of its partnership with German battery manufacturer sonnen.
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Alectris to open first UK office to capitalise on market growth

July 14, 2020
Operations and maintenance (O&M) company Alectris has announced that it is to open its first UK office.
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Foresight broadens investment scope with PiP acquisition

July 13, 2020
Foresight has acquired fellow investment company Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP), in a move that broadens the group’s infrastructure platform.
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Renewables provide record 47% of UK generation in Q1

June 26, 2020
In Q1 of 2020, renewable energy generated more electricity than fossil fuels, smashing a number of records along the way.
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Why digitalisation is key to solar scalability

June 25, 2020
As utility-scale solar projects continue to get bigger and bigger, digitialisation will be key to ensure their full potential can be reached writes Alectris’ Constantinos Peonides.

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