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The first meeting of the government’s Solar Taskforce was held in May, with the group aiming to lay out a pathway to achieving the government’s target of 70GW of solar by 2025 within the next year.

UK Minister of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Graham Stuart, opened the UK Solar Summit in London today, reassuring the industry that the government was addressing pressing problems and meeting its targets for decarbonising the energy grid.

The Secretary of State for Energy Security has granted development consent for a 350-400MW solar farm to be built by EDF Renewables to the north-east of Chelmsford in Essex.

A planning application for a new solar farm near the M6 has been submitted by Coventry City Council on land in the council’s ownership.

National Grid has helped install the first solar panels at a Gloucestershire school as part of its solar PV fund to promote decarbonisation in local communities.

Specialist investment firm Adaptogen Capital has confirmed that it has raised £207 million for its Adaptogen Battery Storage LP fund.

Renewable energy company Boom Power is set to develop a 237.5MW co-located solar-based Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) in Fenwick, Doncaster.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has outlined its reservations as to whether the UK will be able to achieve its generation targets for solar, wind and nuclear.

Experts are predicting that the long summer days will boost solar energy production as the industry marks the Summer Solstice and European Solar Day on 21 June.

Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has unveiled plans to boost clean energy in the UK with solar a central pillar in achieving this.