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The UK Solar Taskforce has established four issue-specific sub-groups to support the creation of its roadmap for 70GW of solar by 2035.

Energy company Centrica Business Solutions has confirmed it has secured the development rights for a 65MW two-hour battery storage plant – its largest to date.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has confirmed that energisation for a 79.9MW asset in Milton Keynes is set to begin on 31 July.

Many people investing in solar-plus-storage want a degree of grid independence, Simon Baggaley, country manager UK and Ireland at Livoltek told a Solar Media webinar audience today (5 July).

Solar will remain the energy sector’s fastest-growing sub-segment, says a Bloomberg Intelligence report, which suggests that demand could soar 30-40% in 2023.

The first meeting of the government’s Solar Taskforce was held in May, with the group aiming to lay out a pathway to achieving the government’s target of 70GW of solar by 2025 within the next year.

UK Minister of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Graham Stuart, opened the UK Solar Summit in London today, reassuring the industry that the government was addressing pressing problems and meeting its targets for decarbonising the energy grid.

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.

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.

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.