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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.

Solar Power Portal and Livoltek are co-hosting a webinar that will explore the flexibility of small energy storage systems for solar. To register for the webinar, which takes place at 14:00 AM (BST) on 5 July, please click here.

Octopus Energy has installed solar panels in 13 houses on one street in Walthamstow, East London to create a ‘solar street’.

Solar Power Portal spoke with solar security experts CTSG about the challenges of protecting the growing number of solar plants in the UK from theft.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has confirmed that it secured “record prices” in the T-4 2023 Capacity Market auction.

On Wednesday (14 June), energy supplier OVO Energy launched OVO Solar – a new solar package with the potential to save customers up to 90% on energy bills.

The High Court has ruled in favour of two solar projects being developed by solar developer Lightsource bp in the county of Durham.

Journalist Andrew Neil weighed in on the UK’s solar output after the government ordered a coal-fired power plant to move to standby as energy demand soared in the summer heat. However, his pronouncements, based largely on a Telegraph article, lacked context and nuance. UK Editor John Lubbock explains why he is wrong about the UK solar sector.