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The 373MW Cleve Hill solar plant, the UK's first solar nationally significant infrastructure project, covers 360 hectares of land. Image: Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.

Study: 90GW solar capacity requires under 1% of UK’s land

April 15, 2025
A study by Lancaster University shows 90GW of solar capacity would need just 0.39% of the land not already hosting a solar farm in the UK.
rows of solar panels under a blue sky with fluffy white clouds

Aura Power lands planning consent for two solar projects

April 14, 2025
Renewable energy developer Aura Power has secured planning permission for two solar PV power plants in England.
The patent licensing agreement would be for the manufacturing and/or sale of perovskite-based PV products in China. Image: Oxford PV.

Trinasolar, Oxford PV sign patent licensing agreement for solar PV

April 11, 2025
Oxford PV and Trinasolar, a Chinese solar manufacturer, have signed a patent licensing agreement for perovskite-based PV technologies.
close up of the tops of transmission towers

Energy minister updates CP30 solar capacities

April 8, 2025
Energy minister Michael Shanks has written to the heads of the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and Ofgem to address concerns surrounding solar capacities in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan (CPAP).
solar panels under a blue sky with large puffy clouds.

Aukera lands £135 million finance for UK solar expansion

April 8, 2025
Solar energy developer Aukera Energy has secured a £135 million senior debt facility from two international banks to finance the growth of its UK solar portfolio.
E.ON UK took a 49% stake in the company in December 2020, at which time it was stated Eco2Solar would continue to operate independently. Image: E.ON.

E.ON takes full ownership of Eco2Solar

April 3, 2025
Utility E.ON UK has today announced it will fully acquire Eco2Solar, a residential and commercial solar installer.
a solar farm from above

Great Britain achieves new maximum solar generation record

April 2, 2025
On 1 April, between 12:30 and 13:00, Great Britain secured a new maximum solar generation record of 12.2GW.
A photo of some of the landscape that will house the proposed solar development. Image: Lee Boswell Photography via Green Nation.

Green Nation reduces scale of solar NSIP after community feedback

April 2, 2025
Green Nation has released updated plans for its Whitestone Solar Farm showing a reduction of the area that will be covered by solar PV panels.
The 93MWp Gaskinstown solar PV plant (pictured) has been energised. Image: Highfield Solar.

Ireland: Renewable Electricity Support Scheme 2 solar PV developments progress

April 1, 2025
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.
Solar generation increased by 6.5% to 14.8TWh, a new record high in the period recorded by the government. Image: Keele University.

Renewables generated 50.8% of the UK’s electricity in 2024

March 28, 2025
Electricity generated by renewable technologies increased by 6.5% in 2024, accounting for a 50.8% of the UK’s electricity generation.

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