“There are grounds for hope” within the introduction of a Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for existing renewables, according to Solar Energy UK’s CEO Chris Hewett.
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In the most recent leadership hustings, held in Darlington, Conservative leadership candidate and MP for South West Norfolk Liz Truss again suggested solar farms negatively impacted food security.
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Ahead of the upcoming UK Solar Summer, Solar Media's head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at the speed with which all segments of the solar market are growing in the UK at the moment.
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Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) have now received all of the 99 signed contacts from July’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, as projects start eying their first contractual milestones.
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Solar Media's head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at last weeks CfD auction winners and how the projects are spread out around Britain.
For the first time, it will be possible to include co-located storage within Contract for Difference (CfD) contract, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) have unveiled.
Join Solar Media, LCCC and Solar Energy UK on 28 October at 10am for 'Getting up to speed on CfDs: a discussion on solar power and the coming auction'.
Solar Power Portal caught up with Anesco’s CEO Mark Futyan to discuss the company’s pipeline of projects, how module prices are impacting development and its strategic shift.
Greek industrial conglomerate Mytilineos has acquired a 14MW solar portfolio in Ireland from Elgin Energy
Last year, renewable capacity additions were up by 45% globally to almost 280GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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The next Contracts for Difference auction will open to applications in December 2021.
The Solar Trade Associations Jonathan Selwyn takes a look at solar in 2020, the challenges but also the resilience and the optimism going into 2021.
To help drive decarbonisation in the UK, the government has committed to publishing a Net Zero Strategy.
Solar Power Portal sat down with Bluefield Development managing director Jonathan Selwyn to discuss his first priorities at the company, the routes to market open to solar and the impact of COVID-19.
Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield Partners, the investment adviser of Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about company broadening its scope, which technologies it will focus on and the impact Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions could have.
Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner at Bluefield Partners, investment adviser to Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about operating during the pandemic, the strength of solar and low power prices.
As the consultation closes for the proposed CfD scheme, Solarcentury's Susannah Wood shares her thoughts on what’s needed to make CfDs work for solar.
Solar Power Portal caught up with Chris Banks, UK business development manager at Solarcentury, about its new 62MW Welsh site, why now was the right time to return to the UK market and the rise of subsidy-free developments.
The SNP’s manifesto pledges to allow solar power to take part in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, if the party is elected in the General Election in December.
Energy UK, the domestic energy industry trade body, has urged the government to reinstate Contracts for Difference (CfDs) auctions for established low carbon technologies like solar PV.
Liam Stoker takes a look at the acronym-tastic review of energy costs, led by Dieter Helm, which recommended, among more than 60 other things, the phasing out of CfDs and the introduction of equivalent firm power auctions.
The Confederation of British Industry has added to the growing number of bodies, associations and other third parties to call for the inclusion of mature technologies in future auctions.