Solar Media's UK & Ireland portfolio lead analyst Josh Cornes charts the capacity likely to come online by 2030 following grid connection reform in the UK. The previous system saw some projects given grid connection dates up to 12 years after entering the planning system; developers are hoping to get such connection offers brought forward by as much as 10 years under the new process. Figure 1: Export capacity being scoped, in planning or operational compared to the Clean Power 2030 assigned totals per DNO, according to Solar Media’s Utility-Scale Solar: UK Pipeline Database. This implies 6GW of these projects are yet to be scoped or hit the UK planning system. Figure 2: UK solar planning submissions over the last 8 years broken down by quarter, with 2025 almost surpassing all years in the first 8 months.