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UK awards record 3.3GW solar PV in latest CfD AR6

September 4, 2024
In total 93 ground-based solar PV projects were awarded Contracts for Difference in the sixth auction round (AR6).
Sweden saw new capacity additions almost double between 2022 and 2023.
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Solar targets up across the piece

August 13, 2024
George Heynes charts the key market developments in the EU countries of Northern Europe, as well as non-EU members, Norway and the UK.
Kaylon Enerji's Karapinar solar plant.

Polish and UK credit agencies finance 390MW Turkish solar project

August 12, 2024
The UK’s Standard Chartered Bank will provide a €249 million (£213 million) loan for Turkish investment company Kalyon Enerji.
Hybrid PPAs are an emerging solution to the challenge of maximising the commercial value of co-located solar and storage. Image: Business Wire.

Germany and Poland offer top co-location potential in Europe

June 17, 2024
The UK and the Ireland I-SEM are also top markets for renewables and battery energy storage systems (BESS) co-location in Europe.
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‘Giving some of that forward vision’: the role of policy and market design in driving clean power investment

May 22, 2024
Government has a “significant” role in providing routes to market, according to speakers at Solar Media’s Renewable Energy Revenues Summit.
UK solar panels.
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Fifth Contracts for Difference round pushes UK solar forward

April 1, 2024
Gareth Simkins examines the winning projects of AR5 and looks ahead to assess how solar is likely to fare in future rounds.
Emeren's Branston project in the UK. Image: Emeren
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Renewable subsidies: between a ROC and a hard place

March 26, 2024
The Renewables Obligation (RO) has incentivised UK clean electricity generation since 2002 through Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs).
Greencoat has secured the portfolio in a £700 million deal. Image: BayWa (Schroders Greencoat).

Schroders Greencoat to complete UK’s ‘largest-ever solar acquisition’

January 29, 2024
Schroders Greencoat has revealed that it will complete the UK’s “largest-ever solar acquisition”, securing 53 solar farms from Toucan Energy.
Emeren's Port Farm project in the UK. Credit: Emeren

UK on track to add 1.7GWpdc of solar PV in 2023

November 1, 2023
The UK solar industry is set to add an additional 1.7GWpdc of new PV capacity in 2023, according to the Solar Media Market Research team.
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Solar and land use in the UK: balancing energy and food security

January 24, 2023
Molly Lempriere investigates how much land the UK needs for utility-scale PV plants as it transitions to net zero, and whether the sector’s growth poses any threat to food security.
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