UK’s largest solar project receives government approval

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to Island Green Power’s 600-MW Cottam Solar Project, the UK’s largest to date, the ministry said Sept. 5. The approval follows planning consent in July for three other major new solar farms totaling 1.35 GW by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, in a move welcomed by the industry as…The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to Island Green Power’s 600-MW Cottam Solar Project, the UK’s largest to date, the ministry said Sept. 5. The approval follows planning consent in July for three other major new solar farms totaling 1.35 GW by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, in a move welcomed by the industry as…  Read More