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The new UK government has brought positive changes to the UK’s solar sector, but more needs to be done, industry leaders say.

On day one of Solar Finance and Investment Europe, we explore the lessons the UK can learn from a successful 500MW+ development in Germany.

Renewable energy developer Innova has sold the 27.5MW Ducklington Solar project to investment firm Schroders Greencoat.

Proposed reforms to the NSIP and legal systems are very much welcomed by many in the industry. Here, we examine some recent legal and planning challenges to proposed solar NSIPs that could have been avoided by a more efficient planning system.

Edinburgh-headquartered Fidra Energy has received planning consent for its first battery storage site at Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire.

Renewable energy developer PS Renewables has been granted permission for a 34MW solar PV power plant in Lincolnshire, following an appeal to the planning inspectorate.

Renewable energy developer Innova has been granted full planning consent for a 49.9MW solar development with significant co-located energy storage capacity near Doncaster.

The UK government has announced its Planning and Infrastructure Bill will launch, proposing changes to deliver more solar projects.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has granted development consent orders (DCOs) to the Heckington Fen Solar and West Burton Solar solar PV power plants.

Developer Root-Power has received planning consent for a 40MW/80MWh battery storage site in Selby, North Yorkshire.