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Invinity Energy Systems has reached an agreement to develop a 20.7MWh flow battery system, the UK’s largest.

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.

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.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced the close of debt financing for the Cleve Hill solar and battery storage project.

Finnish renewables investor Korkia has announced the sale of one of its development subsidiaries’ projects to a fund managed by NextEnergy Capital, NextPower UK.

NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has announced that its private fund focused on new-build UK solar, NextPower UK ESG (NPUK) has raised £733 million at its final fundraising close, almost 50% over target.