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A look a the top five most read ground-mount solar stories on Solar Power Portal over the last year.

The solar sector has hit back after reports emerged that environmental secretary Ranil Jayawardena is looking to redefine land categories to make the development of ground-mount assets harder.

Solar Energy UK together with 18 environmental organisations have called on Prime Minister Liz Truss and her government to back solar power.

The solar sector has welcomed the Labour Party’s target of trebling solar by 2030 if it were to be elected.

“There are grounds for hope” within the introduction of a Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme for existing renewables, according to Solar Energy UK’s CEO Chris Hewett.

As the new government regime backs the development of solar energy, Solar Energy UK has suggested that it is in the Treasury’s interest to back the clean energy generation technology.

Following the election of Liz Truss as the UK’s Prime Minister, Solar Energy UK’s Chris Hewett reflects on what the new leadership will mean for the solar sector.

Solar Energy UK has once again condemned comments made by Conservative leadership candidates that place solar power at odds with food security.

The solar industry is “deeply concerned” by comments made by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak during the Conservative party leader contest, Solar Energy UK has said.

Almost three quarters of Conservative Party members support solar power, a new YouGov survey has found.