Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Shotwick solar farm in Flintshire. Labour has approved 25 major clean energy projects so far. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Shotwick solar farm in Flintshire. Labour has approved 25 major clean energy projects so far. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approvalRecord high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather Britain’s sunny spring weather powered the grid to new solar energy records on two consecutive days this week.Solar farms in England, Wales and Scotland generated 14.1GW of low-carbon electricity at lunchtime on Monday, surpassing the previous high of 14GW in July last year.And that record was toppled a day later when power generation from the sun’s energy climbed to another new high of 14.4GW on Tuesday afternoon.The electricity system operator confirmed the new high as the government approved plans for the UK’s biggest solar farm to go ahead in Lincolnshire.Ministers said the decision to support the Springwell solar farm in Lincolnshire built on their plan to “bring stability and lower bills in an uncertain world” by increasing homegrown low-carbon energy.The project is expected to provide enough electricity to power the equivalent of…
Published: April 8, 2026 5:58 pm
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