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Ben Golding, Director of the Clean Power 2030 Unit, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), opened the Clean Power 2030 Summit this morning with a progress update. Nearly two years into the Clean Power 2030 mission, “we’ve done the easy part,” Golding said. “We’re now getting into the hardest part.”The three core goals of the Clean Power Mission – the main 95% clean energy system, that 100% of consumption should be covered by clean energy and that CO2 emissions will be 50 g/kWh, instead of 100 g/kWh – are, according to Golding, at the “outer limit of possibility.”…

The reform of grid connections has been difficult and challenging, but the challenges will now shift to building out the newly formed pipeline and the whole process has been a useful lesson for future reforms. That was one of the key messages from the panel discussion ‘Grid Access in Practice’ at the Clean Energy Summit 2030a two-day conference that started today, organized by our publisher Solar Media, part of Informa. It comes as UK developers are grappling with a major overhaul of the way energy projects are connected to the grid, being carried out by the National Energy System Operator…

According to LCP Delta’s Power Market Outlook Report, 83% of Britain’s electricity generation will come from clean energy sources by 2030. This is 12% less than the 95% figure the government is targeting in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.The report also shows that while current plans will allow Britain to reach 83% clean energy by 2030, a further 28 GW of renewable infrastructure would be needed to reach the target. The purpose of the action plan.Clean energy generation has increased, rising from 68% in 2020 to 74% by the end of 2025. Despite this, the 95% figure according to…

The UK energy sector is in a “different world” due to the faltering consensus on energy policy and climate change, according to Tim Warham, former senior policy adviser at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). Speaking at the Clean Power 2030 summit in London today, Warham said the cross-party consensus that emerged in the 2010 coalition government and gave rise to the UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) program and a focus on renewable energy as “value for money” has eroded. And while the current administration is particularly supportive of renewable energy sources, Warham said he is “not…

By ESS news Germany and the rest of the European continent were in an intensifying heat wave for several days pv magazine Focus 2026 convened in Munich on June 24. The heat lent a degree of urgency to a theme that runs through much of the session’s discussion: how battery systems, and the warranties behind them, hold up once conditions become extreme. Factory audits routinely reveal battery quality issues at every stage of production, including at top suppliers, said Garikoitz Sarriegi Etxeberria, head of converter and storage services at German engineering consultancy Kiwa PI Berlin, in the opening portion of…

By Brad Kramer June 30, 2026 A new report highlights how federal policies are jeopardizing investments of more than $121 billion in renewable energy, with solar energy being the most exposed. According to a new analysis by Wooden MackenzieAllowing changes and withdrawing federal funding has directly contributed to 7 GW of project cancellations or inactivity on federal lands by 2025. Meanwhile, increased federal oversight could expose another 12 GW on federal lands and 80 GW on private lands. “Permitting risk varies by technology, although wetland permitting remains the most significant constraint on solar, wind and energy storage,” said Kaitlin Fung,…

Making the energy transition more ‘tangible’ is a key metric against which the success of strengthening the UK’s clean energy supply chains can be judged.Strengthening the UK’s clean energy supply chains is a key part of the Clean Power 2030 plan, which was reviewed this morning by DESNZ’s Ben Golding during Solar Media’s Clean Power 2030 Summit. The event is currently taking place in London and Mollie McCorkindale from Solar Media Market Research today spoke to Matthew Hamman, head of supply chain strategy at Great British Energy, about the topic.Hamman said delivering tangible benefits is an important part of efforts…

First Solar, Inc. is facing a federal class action lawsuit following allegations that the company misled investors regarding its ability to navigate changing U.S. tariff policies and global production cuts. The lawsuit, filed by Pomerantz LLP in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York under docket number 26-cv-03787, represents a group of investors who acquired First Solar securities between February 26, 2025 and February 24, 2026. Multiple investor rights firms, including Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, have issued parallel notices for shareholders to join the lawsuit before the August 24,…

By Martin McConnell June 29, 2026 This week on Projects Weekly, Enlight Energy subsidiary Clenera has closed on financing for one of the largest solar sites in U.S. history, out in the deserts of Arizona. In Massachusetts, Lightshift Energy has plans to deploy a series of six battery projects worth about 23 MW. In the financing world, Spearmint Energy has closed on $325 million for its storage portfolio, OCI Energy has closed on $130 million for the Alamo City battery station in San Antonio, and Matrix Renewables has closed on construction to term loans for its utility-scale solar portfolio. Canadian…

By Martin McConnell June 29, 2026 The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan has completed construction on its largest solar project to date, city officials say, with a new solar power plant at Steere Farm Wells. Located on the south side of the city, the 480 kWac solar project is part of Ann Arbor’s citywide initiative to fully power all municipal operations with some form of renewable energy. Steere Farm is among the city’s top 10 electricity users, according to officials, because it pumps water uphill to the water treatment plant, which the city in turn uses to keep the water…