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                 Renewable Connections and European Energy UK have sold two ‘shovel-ready’ Scottish co-located solar and battery storage projects. The two sites, one at Strathruddie Farm and one at Montreathmont Moor, have an aggregate combined capacity of 121MWdc (67MWac). The buyer of the two…

                 A key amendment to the Energy Bill, made by the House of Lords, would give the energy regulator Ofgem a statutory duty to assist in the delivery of net zero. RenewableUK is welcoming this amendment as it would empower Ofgem to ramp…

                   The Greenvolt Group has secured the right to develop around 100MW in the first solar auction held by Germany this year. Through MaxSolar, it has won a total of 5% of the capacity put up for auction. Greenvolt chief executive João…

                   Renewable energy company Green Genius and Eiffel Transition Infrastructure, managed by Eiffel Investment Group, have set up a Joint Venture to develop and build a 500MW solar portfolio in Italy. Through this JV, Eiffel will initially invest up to €15m to…

                 OX2 is designing industrial-scale solar power plants in Kauhajoki in the areas of South Ostrobothnia and Loimaa in Finland. When completed, the combined energy production of the parks will correspond to the annual electricity consumption of at most more than 100,000 households.…

                   Masdar has further expanded its presence in the US  after closing the acquisition of a 50% in a combined solar and battery storage project from EDF Renewables North America. The Big Beau project (pictured), located in California, comprises a 128MW solar…

                 US renewables developer Longroad Energy has agreed the sale of an 83MW solar project in Virginia to Dominion Energy. The Foxhound solar project in Halifax County has reached full notice to proceed and has begun construction, following six years of development. Financial…

                 Planners have given the green light for a 50MW solar farm near the English village of Costock, Nottinghamshire. Boultbee Brooks Renewable Energy is developing the Highfields Solar Farm on a 70-hectare site. The company has claimed that planting species-rich grass, wildflowers and…

                    Q Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) covering 29MW of solar with French retail group Les Mousquetaires. The Chaume solar project is under construction by Q Energy in the Sarthe region in France and will be commissioned in…

                 A 600MW renewable energy park, comprising solar and storage, is being planned for North Kesteven in the east Midlands. Low Carbon’s proposed Beacon Fen Energy Park will be sited on land east of Sleaford, between the villages of Heckington and Helpringham. James…