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Changes to solar PV management could significantly boost bumble bee populations

December 14, 2021
Changes to how solar PV park land in the UK is managed could see sites support four times as many bumble bees, new research has found.
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London Stansted airport eyes 14MW solar PV farm

December 1, 2021
London Stansted has launched a consultation on plans for a 14MW solar farm designed to make the airport’s energy supply more secure.
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Aberystwyth University gets green light for £2.9m solar farm

November 29, 2021
Aberystwyth University has got the green light for the development of a £2.9 million solar array on land adjacent to its Fferm Penglais student accommodation.
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HBS forms partnership with Affinity Water for PV programme

November 10, 2021
HBS New Energies is to develop and deliver Affinity Water’s solar PV programme, with a 553kWp ground-mounted array under construction.
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Private wire Brynwhillach solar farm linked with Welsh hospital goes live

November 9, 2021
The Brynwhillach Solar Farm, which is to generate 4MW of zero-carbon electricity for Morriston Hospital in Swansea, has begun to export.
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Anesco given green light for 20MW Derbyshire solar farm

November 2, 2021
Anesco has secured planning permission for its 20MW solar farm in Alfreton, Derbyshire from Amber Valley Borough Council and North East Derbyshire District.
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Iona Capital enters UK solar market with utility-scale ambitions

October 20, 2021
Iona Capital has partnered IGas to develop utility-scale UK solar PV, marking its entry into the UK solar market.
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Bluefield’s solar, storage pipeline breaks 700MW mark in ‘challenging’ year for energy markets

October 5, 2021
Bluefield Solar Income Fund is celebrating a jump in earnings in a year that also saw an increase in debt and a drop in share price.
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Government expands solar rollout with 19 prisons to see installs

August 19, 2021
In a further bid to decarbonise the UK’s prisons, the government has unveiled plans for the installation of 16,000 new panels across 19 prisons.
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‘Extraordinary’ solar and battery storage boom underway in East of England, says UKPN

June 29, 2021
A total of 34 new solar generation sites and nine battery storage sites have secured connection contracts with UK Power Networks (UKPN) between January and May in Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

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