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Solar Media Market Research analyst Josh Cornes talks through the months since the government’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan was published, addressing how grid connection queue reforms and the 2030 deadline have impacted the UK’s solar development pipeline. 

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced the close of debt financing for the Cleve Hill solar and battery storage project.

Asset investment manager AlphaReal has acquired five solar energy projects across the UK in transactions worth over £160 million.

Solar developer and independent power producer AMPYR Solar Europe (ASE) has chosen GridBeyond to manage its 7.5MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Northwold, Norfolk.

Finnish renewables investor Korkia has announced the sale of one of its development subsidiaries’ projects to a fund managed by NextEnergy Capital, NextPower UK.

To reach the solar capacity targeted in the government’s clean power and net zero plans, deployment will have to rapidly scale up and, with it, the workforce.

NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has announced that its private fund focused on new-build UK solar, NextPower UK ESG (NPUK) has raised £733 million at its final fundraising close, almost 50% over target.

AMPYR Distributed Energy (ADE) has completed installation of a 224kW rooftop solar array at exotic mushrooms producer Smithy Mushrooms’ Lancashire HQ.

Zenobē has announced today that its Blackhillock battery site in Scotland, the largest in Europe, has begun commercial operations.

Apatura has secured planning permission for a 400MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built in central Scotland.