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Tewkesbury Borough Council has approved a 49.9MW solar farm in Gloucestershire.

Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has officially opened what is said to be one of Scotland’s “most sustainably built colleges”, featuring a 26.22kW solar installation.

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the UK food retailer, Iceland Foods, to provide 150 of its sites with an estimated 64GWh of solar energy.

Almost a year after Ripple Energy’s first consumer-owned wind farm went live, the company has announced that its third shared renewable energy project will be a solar park in England.

Bluefield Solar’s gains from fixed PPA prices will be largely offset by the new windfall tax on low-carbon generation, it said in its report for the second half of 2022.

Pan-European residential solar marketplace, Otovo, has launched in the UK, and promises to grant UK customers an online toolbox to switch to solar, and save 49% on their energy bills.

NatWest and Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (Rabobank) have successfully coordinated an upsize to Harmony Energy Income Trust’s (HEIT) existing debt facility, facilitating an increase from £60 million with an uncommitted accordion to a total of £110 million committed debt.

UK-based roof-integrated solar manufacturer, Viridian Solar, has published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its Clearline roof-integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. In doing so, the company has said it is the first manufacturer to have its crystalline solar modules certified to a globally recognised standard.

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), has released its latest data showing that 130,596 MCS-certified solar photovoltaic (PV) systems were installed in UK homes last year – a 114% rise from 2021.

The seventh annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI) examined how the “tectonic shifts” happening in the energy industry have affected the job satisfaction and career aspirations of its employees.