The solar farms, totalling 227MW of capacity, had to be added to the grid before the renewable obligation certificate, the UK's subsidy programme for large-scale solar, dropped on 1 April.

The UK PV market is currently enjoying an unprecedented boom. According to market research firm NPD Solarbuzz, the UK and Japan were jointly responsible for a third of new capacity additions in what was a record-breaking first quarter in 2014.

Speaking to PV Tech's sister site, Solar Power Portal, Nick Boyle, CEO of Lightsource, describes his company's record-breaking month, including how Lightsource managed to connect 16 projects in one weekend by helicoptering technicians between individual sites:

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US DOJ appeals Section 201 bifacial exemption repeal

January 16, 2022

The US Government has appealed against the reinstatement of an exemption from Section 201 tariffs for bifacial modules.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a “Building a Better Grid” initiative to catalyse the development of “new and upgraded high-capacity electric transmission lines” across the US under President Joe Biden’s US$1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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Module manufacturer and energy solutions company Q CELLS has entered into a strategic partnership with development and financing firm Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure (KSI) to collaborate on project co-development and financing.

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Raising more than US$1 billion in equity capital in the past year, US independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch is looking to expand its model of developing, owning and operating large-scale PV plants while maintaining a strategy of co-locating projects with regenerative agriculture.

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Changzhou Better Film plans to invest RMB800 million (US$125 million) into establishing 20GW of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) production in the Chinese city of Chuzhou.

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