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The Solar Power Portal team are onsite for the third and final day of Solar & Storage Live at the NEC in Birmingham, bringing you all the news and views from the conference.

The solar sector gathered at the Hilton Metropole for the sparkling Solar & Storage Live Awards 2022, crowning this year’s winners.

Scotland is set to reform its planning rules for solar energy to incentivise rooftop installations across the nation.

The Solar Power Portal editorial team is reporting live from Solar & Storage Live 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham, bringing you all the insight, news and views from the show floor.

Welcome to Solar Power Portal’s coverage of Solar & Storage Live 2022, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham over 18-20 October. Our editorial team will be reporting live from the event, bringing you all the insight, news and views from the show floor.

Don’t get disheartened or distracted by the current state of UK political discourse on solar PV. Instead, focus on the strong underlying growth trends of the industry, high public support for UK solar and continued developments in PV technology.

Cambridge Power has confirmed it has received planning permission for a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) situated in Essex.

Banking firm AIB has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with NTR to source energy from two solar farms set to be constructed in County Wexford, Ireland.

“I find it extraordinary that we are talking about banning solar on farmlands, but we are talking about putting oil drills on farmlands – it is an industrialised process,” said Simon Maine, managing director, corporate communications at investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.

Solar developer ReneSola Power has acquired UK-based utility-scale PV and battery storage developer Emeren as it expands its footprint in Italy and other European markets.