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The UK government has published solar PV deployment statistics which show a total of 15.2GW of solar capacity, an increase of 6.7% in the year since June 2022.

Global solar specialist NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has confirmed the third close of the NextPower UK ESG fund at £595 million, with plans to scale its new-build solar plants across the UK.

Solar could benefit from a new arrangement which has seen OVO Energy join Community Energy England as a principal supporter.

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

Ortus Energy has completed the integration of a 400kW PV system into GE Power Conversion’s Marine Power Test Facility in Leicestershire.

ReneSola Power has acquired a 50MWp solar farm in Branston, Lincoln.

JBM Solar has received the green light to develop a 49.9MW solar farm, co-located with battery storage, at Hinckley and Bosworth.

“Current energy support systems are centred around power generation. If you are a power generation company on these support mechanisms, why would you think about doing energy storage?” said Mark Sommerfield, director of policy at REA.

Canadian Solar has completed the sale of two fully-permitted solar and battery energy storage projects to Gresham House.

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.