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Solar company Canadian Solar has refinanced 10 solar assets in the UK through NatWest.

As an intriguing year for UK solar concludes, Solar Power Portal looks back at some of the most interesting, popular and important news stories of the last 12 months. Today, we look at May to June.

The site of the UK’s last deep coal mine is set to become a clean energy generator after a deal was struck to build a 5MW solar farm.

Liam Stoker talks to Ricardo Piñeiro, head of UK solar at Foresight Group, about the future of the UK secondary market, how the result of the Brexit referendum could impact upon it, and how Foresight operates its assets after acquiring them.

Renewables developer BayWa r.e. has sold three UK solar assets totalling 30MW in capacity to a new vehicle established by Greencoat Capital.

Developers who were successful in winning contracts within last week’s Capacity Market auction have lauded the “crucial role” battery storage is set to play in the future for the national grid.

The number of battery storage projects to have won 15-year contracts in the latest Capacity Market auction is a sign of “considerable confidence” in the technology, according to the director of the Electricity Storage Network.

Storage projects have landed more than 3.2GW of contracts in the provisional Capacity Market auction results, around 500MW of which has been allocated to new-build battery storage projects.

The total capacity of contracted solar projects in Ireland has reached over 152MW according to the latest official update from network operator ESB.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has confirmed the acquisition of five new build solar farms as the investment group continues to build its 1.2 ROC portfolio.