'The year the UK's solar industry came of age': How the solar sector added 730MW of new capacity in 2021

Cecilia Keating
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The solar sector is now delivering record new subsidy-free capacity
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The solar sector is now delivering record new subsidy-free capacity

Gas crisis helps drive 'huge growth' in rooftop, commercial-scale, and ground-mount solar PV capacity in 2021, bringing total UK capacity to over 14GW, latest figures show

Solar Energy UK has hailed "potentially the most significant year to date" for the domestic solar industry, after confirming significant subsidy-free growth across the rooftop, commercial-scale, and ground-mount...

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