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Following the approval of Cleve Hill Solar Park, Solar Power Portal takes a look at what the next steps are for the project, any technology concerns and whether this will be the first of many Nationally Significant solar infrastructure projects.

As the consultation closes for the proposed CfD scheme, Solarcentury’s Susannah Wood shares her thoughts on what’s needed to make CfDs work for solar.

Cleve Hill Solar Park, set to be the largest in the UK, has been granted development consent by the energy secretary.

Statkraft has signed a hybrid power purchase and optimisation agreement with Warrington Renewables (York) Limited.

Despite proving more resilient than fossil fuels, investment in renewables looks set to be heavily hit by COVID-19 as investment in the energy sector plunges to lowest level in history.

The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has raised £120 million, which is set to go towards its revolving credit facility (RCF).

The government needs to “go even further with enabling measures” such as public sector PPAs in order to accelerate solar deployment to help meet net zero.

The UK could see its first full cycle battery cell GigaPlant built after AMTE Power and Britishvolt today committed to exploring its development.

This year’s Solar & Storage Live exhibition has been delayed till December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gresham House has signed another optimisation deal, this time with Flexitricity for its 50MW/75MWh Thurcroft site.