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Equity fund DIF has announced the “UK’s first” bankable and unsubsidised co-located Power Purchase Agreement and optimisation agreement (hybrid PPA) for solar.

The UK Solar Taskforce has established four issue-specific sub-groups to support the creation of its roadmap for 70GW of solar by 2035.

New data from NTT DATA, based on UK government statistics, suggests that 73% of all solar deployment in 2022 was domestic.

Many people investing in solar-plus-storage want a degree of grid independence, Simon Baggaley, country manager UK and Ireland at Livoltek told a Solar Media webinar audience today (5 July).

Independent solar developer AMPYR Solar Europe has acquired a 390MWp solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio across the UK.

Foresight Group Holdings, a sustainability-led infrastructure and private equity investment manager, achieved a record year of profitability and Assets under Management (AUM) with eyes for further solar and battery storage expansions.

Global optimiser Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund that will see over 500MW of battery energy storage optimised.

OVO Energy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Atrato Onsite Energy to receive clean energy from its 50MW solar PV project in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider, ev.energy has announced a new partnership with Maxeon Solar Technologies that will see domestic solar power charge electric vehicles (EVs).

Following energy minister Graham Stuart’s assurances that the Government is working hard to meet it’s 70GW solar target on the first day of Solar Media’s UK Solar Summit 2023 (27 June) the close of the second day of the event saw a panel of experts discuss what risks threaten the success of this new era of solar.