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Centrica Business Solutions has opened its first UK solar farm in Wiltshire with a capacity of 18MW.

Solar and battery storage developer Renewable Connections has been given the greenlight to develop a 42MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Dunfermline, Fife.

Netherlands-based software company Solar Monkey is set to launch its offering to the UK to boost productivity for solar installers.

Renewable energy company Engenera Renewables Group has signed an agreement with Costco Wholesale to promote solar power as a means to reduce energy costs.

A new report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has shown that a net zero transition – including the uptake of solar photovoltaics (PV) – could create in upwards of 725,000 net jobs.

Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has signed a new partnership with Greenfield to develop at least 500MW of battery storage in the UK.

The launch of today’s Solar Taskforce, jointly chaired by Solar Energy UK and Graham Stuart MP, Minister of State for Energy Security and Net-Zero, marks a step change in UK government engagement with the solar industry.

Solar cell developer Oxford PV has set a ‘new world record’ for the efficiency of a commercial-sized solar cell, it said.

A 49MW solar farm in South Yorkshire is one step closer to development with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council voting in favour of the project.

Sungrow has signed a contract with SSE Solar and Battery to implement its liquid cooled energy storage system (ESS) into a 150MW project in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire.