uk solar

Norwegian state-owned power giant Statkraft has scooped up the largest contract in Ireland’s first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), with two solar farms totaling 276MWp coming out successful alongside 57MW of onshore wind.

The Riding Sunbeams project has won a further £2.5 million of funding to develop solar power for railways.

Anesco has sold on its subsidy-free Clayhill solar farm to GRIDSERVE in a “major step” towards becoming a service provider over asset owner.

Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has published its net asset value (NAV) as of 30 June 2020 as it unveils French acquistions.

A subsidy-free solar farm with a rated capacity of up to 49.9MWp is moving forwards in north Devon.

Renewable generation hit a new record in 2019, generating 37.1% of the UK’s electricity throughout the year.

New analysis has found that the UK has the second highest proportion of projects with PPA offers out of fourteen European countries.

EDF Renewables is set to develop a new 49.9MW solar farm next to the Sutton Bridge Power Station, in Lincolnshire.

National Grid ESO’s projections for solar have increased as it expects there to be “significantly higher levels of solar generation” than it predicted in its 2019 Future Energy Scenarios (FES).

Domestic solar PV installations more than doubled in June, jumping 185% on average compared to May.