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Rooftop solar PV is expected to play a key role in London reaching net zero by 2030, and could contribute almost 4GW of clean energy.

Solar energy company Innova Energy has been acquired by Elm Trading, taking on its 16 ground-mount assets in Britain.

With wholesale prices currently above the Contracts for Difference (CfD) strike price alongside lowered levy rates, electricity suppliers are to receive reconciliation payments for their CfD contributions for the first time.

Community energy is being ignored and abandoned by government, despite claims of world-leading net zero policy, according to Community Energy England.

NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has taken its first step into the Spanish market with a co-investment transaction for a 25% stake in a 50MW project under construction in Cádiz.

The Solar Skills London project, which provides funding for training in solar PV, energy storage and low carbon technologies, has extended the deadline for applications.

Foresight Solar’s head of UK solar Ricardo Pineiro chatted with Solar Power Portal just before Christmas to reflect on the solar sector’s growth over the past year, and the key trends that are continuing into 2022.

To date, there have been 1,623 installations of solar PV through the Local Authority Delivery of the Green Homes Grant, a significant rise on previously reported figures.

The last year is unlikely to be one the solar and energy storage industries will forget in a hurry but, just in case anything from the last 12 months has slipped your mind, the Solar Media Podcast has recapped the biggest news of 2021.

Solar Power Portal has taken a look back at the top ground-mount solar stories of 2021, to see what the biggest moments and trends for the sector were.