Blogs

In this contributed blog, law firm Osborne Clarke discusses the difficulties surrounding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations in the UK.

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. 

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.

We spoke to Josh Murphy, head of storage at Econergy, to discuss the Swangate project, the recent struggles of the UK BESS market, and what the future holds for the sector. 

The Republic of Ireland is a growing market focused on large-scale solar, feeling the benefit of an effective planning process, writes Solar Media Market Research analyst Josh Cornes.

In this blog, we take a deep dive into the research proving that solar farms can actually have a very positive impact on biodiversity.

Here, we explore what NESO’s proposed reforms are, how they might impact the solar energy sector and the renewable energy industry more broadly, and the feelings of the sector.

Renewable energy generation has been maintaining power supply in Ukraine through the ongoing Russian invasion.

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.

Josh Cornes, analyst at Solar Media Market Research, looks at what 2025 might hold for the solar industry.