solar farms

Is Sunak finally delivering an Energy Security Strategy worthy of the name?

Policy

Is Sunak finally delivering an Energy Security Strategy worthy of the name?

From onshore renewables to energy efficiency campaigns, the government is finally edging towards the position businesses have been lobbying for - but does the new plan go far enough?

clock 07 December 2022 • 11 min read
'A very positive signal': Sunak set to U-turn on wind and solar planning rules

Wind

'A very positive signal': Sunak set to U-turn on wind and solar planning rules

Government promises consultation on easing planning restrictions on onshore wind farms, as Environment Secretary reveals proposed blanket ban on solar projects on farmland to be shelved – but critics warn 'we will need to see the detail'

clock 07 December 2022 • 9 min read
Study: Trebling UK onshore wind capacity would require just 0.02 per cent of land

Wind

Study: Trebling UK onshore wind capacity would require just 0.02 per cent of land

New analysis from Energy Climate and Intelligence Unit follows complaints from small group of Tory MPs than onshore wind development could impact food security

clock 06 December 2022 • 3 min read
Government crackdown on solar farms could cost farmers £1bn

Solar

Government crackdown on solar farms could cost farmers £1bn

Mooted plans to tighten planning rules for new solar farms could make a huge dent in both farmers’ revenues and UK decarbonisation efforts

clock 24 November 2022 • 6 min read
Jacob Rees-Mogg declares 'I am not a green energy sceptic', as net zero plans come under fire

Energy

Jacob Rees-Mogg declares 'I am not a green energy sceptic', as net zero plans come under fire

Business Secretary promises to boost UK renewables as reports suggest a row is brewing with Number 10 over plans to block solar farm developments

clock 13 October 2022 • 9 min read
Are Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak on a climate collision course with the public?

Politics

Are Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak on a climate collision course with the public?

Truss and Sunak are battling it out to demonstrate to Conservative viewers their distaste for onshore renewables - but will their contradictory stances on climate action ultimately prove their electoral and economic undoing?

clock 03 August 2022 • 8 min read
SSE snaps up first UK solar project

Solar

SSE snaps up first UK solar project

Energy giant acquires 30MW solar firm in latest step for £12.5bn clean energy investment programme

clock 20 January 2022 • 1 min read

Solar

Octopus Renewables snaps up eight UK solar farms in £144m mega-deal

Latest swoop from green energy investor sees it acquire solar farms with a combined capacity 123MW

clock 20 March 2020 • 3 min read

Solar

It's time to unleash solar's potential

The government must deploy as much solar as feasible under the Contracts for Difference scheme - net zero depends on it, argues Chris Hewett of the Solar Trade Association

clock 06 March 2020 • 3 min read

Solar

Night time solar? Lightsource BP hails trial showing solar can help balance the grid at night

Trial marks the first time a UK solar farm has provided a reactive power balancing service to the electricity grid at night, developer claims

clock 26 November 2019 • 3 min read