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Two solar developments, awarded contracts in Ireland’s second Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) in 2022, have reached new milestones, with one entering construction and another newly operational.

Electricity generated by renewable technologies increased by 6.5% in 2024, accounting for a 50.8% of the UK’s electricity generation.

The Planning Inspectorate has accepted two utility-scale solar PV plants for examination: German power company RWE’s 320MW Peartree Hill Solar Farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire and PS Renewables and Ørsted’s 740MW One Earth Solar Farm in Nottinghamshire.

The latest data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) have revealed that the UK now has a total of 18GW of operational solar PV capacity installed.

Great British Energy could fulfil the government’s ambition to be a catalyst for private sector investment as AMPYR Distributed Energy pledges to match its £180 million for public sector solar PV.

New research commissioned by Solar Energy UK has shown that 77% of the UK public supports solar development in their local area.

Schroders Greencoat, the renewables manager arm of Schroders Capital, has surpassed 2GW of operational ground-mount solar capacity in the UK.

British Solar Renewables (BSR) has announced that it has acquired the Little Crow solar and storage project from INRG.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced the first project that his publicly owned energy company, Great British Energy, will undertake.

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