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A new record for wind generation was set in the UK last weekend against the backdrop of an increasingly competitive subsidy-free race in Europe.

Vattenfall has announced plans to invest up to €100 million in developing solar plants over the next two years.

Electricity produced by the UK’s wind turbines reached record levels this week after 13.6GW of output was recorded which, combined with high output, sent settlement periods into negative pricing.

Independent energy supplier So Energy has claimed to be the first in the UK to offer its customers the choice of where their energy is supplied from.

EDF Energy Renewables has sold its majority stake in five onshore wind farms to pursue other renewable projects in the UK.

Renewables and nuclear combined to generate more than half of the UK’s power for a second successive quarter in Q3, but energy monitoring firm EnAppSys has warned of looming factors that could prevent their share from growing further.

UK renewables provided nearly one-third of total electricity generation in Q2, setting a new record.

The UK experienced the greenest summer ever according to National Grid, which has released figures showing that over half of the electricity generated over the period was from low carbon sources.

Drax Power has hit back at a report which questioned the economic case for biomass, insisting the technology was the “only reliable, flexible” renewable that can be deployed at scale in the UK.