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NextEnergy Solar Fund is to bolt on a further 28MW of UK solar after signing purchase agreements for six new farms.

Octopus Energy Investments, one of the largest owners of solar assets in the UK, has secured what it claims to be Europe’s largest solar PV refinancing deal.

The government must provide a route to market for ‘pot 1’, or established, technologies such as solar if it is to deliver decarbonisation at least cost to consumers, according to a new report from Energy UK.

The UK’s suite of renewables set new records last weekend as the country basked in unseasonably bright conditions for much of Sunday.

A lack of more traditional infrastructure investment opportunities in the UK is pushing investors towards UK solar, Lightsource head of equity fundraising Shane Swords has said.

Anesco is to partner with Limejump to deliver 185MW of energy storage capability into August’s capacity market with plans for the units to be brought online by the end of 2018.

New figures published by the Office for National Statistics have shed fresh light on solar PV’s contribution to the UK’s green economy.

The largest solar farm to be built in Northern Ireland has been successfully connected by Baywa r.e. and Elgin Energy as part of its tranche of projects completed prior to the 31 March deadline for the closure of the Renewables Obligation.

UK electricity prices tumbled last month as the peak-flattening effect of the country’s solar capacity occurred earlier than usual, according to monitoring and data firm S&P Global Platts.

Lightsource has named its North American management team as it plots its expansion into the potentially lucrative US market over the forthcoming year.