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Despite the challenges faced by the solar sector in 2020, it has progressed at pace throughout the year with significant capacity additions, key policy decisions and new players entering the market. The past few months have been particularly significant in terms of policy, with important documents such as the Ten Point Plan and the energy white paper released, helping to set out the roadmap for the sectors development in coming years.
Of the news stories released on Solar Power Portal throughout 2020, these are the top five most read:
Published: 2 Jan 2020
The introduction of the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariffs way back in January unsurprisingly has grabbed first place, as suppliers laid out the price consumers with solar panels can expect to receive from exports. Social Energy s 5.6p per kWh took the top spot, but the level varied dramatically, including the barely-compliant 0.001p per kWh that Shell Energy offered before later upping its offerin
Government ponders 120GW of solar to help reach net-zero
On the same day that the Energy White Paper was unveiled, the Government also launched a new consultation on how financing and deployment of renewable technologies can accelerate action towards net-zero, with up to 120GW of solar capacity mooted as a means to quadruple green energy nationally.
Under some scenarios being explored by the Government, solar PV capacity could reach between 80-120GW of capacity
The Government has launched a consultation to gain views on how renewables deployment can be accelerated in the UK. The call for evidence, which runs until 22 February, notes that renewables generation could see total capacity quadruple by 2050.