uk solar

Solar Power Portal caught up with Tom Hoines, MD of Younity, about the challenges for community energy organisations in finding projects in a “very competitive market” and the need to encourage more involvement in community energy.

A total of 34 new solar generation sites and nine battery storage sites have secured connection contracts with UK Power Networks (UKPN) between January and May in Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Energy technology company Lightsource Labs has teamed up with supplier Pure Planet to develop a domestic solar and storage solution.

Housing minister Christopher Pincher MP has announced plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime.

Social Energy has launched a new solar export tariff offering 20p/kWh for the first 1,000kWh exported per year.

Building work on a new solar farm at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney, has been started by 3ti.

The UK government has confirmed it is investigating allegations of forced labour in the global solar supply chain, but refused to state whether or not it would be shortly following the US in enacting import sanctions on specific upstream manufacturers in Xinjiang, China.

Solar Power Portal brought together some of the key players from the UK’s solar space to discuss what solar can offer to C&I companies, as part of a roundtable sponsored by npower Business Solutions.

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) has called for “long-term ambition” around solar and other renewables.

Enso Energy is consulting on plans for a new solar-plus-storage site in the centre of the Welsh island of Anglesey.