While we’re waiting to get started up for what looks like being a busier year than ever in 2022, let’s look back as we reveal the most-read blogs and features for 2021.

Let’s take a look now and see which news stories were most read during 2021 here on the site.

A grant of €20 million (US$22.66 million) has been made to Namibia’s government-owned electric utility company for the development of the African country’s first grid-scale battery storage project. 

For this third instalment of our look back at 2021, we’ve something of a mixture of views from around the industry.

The Solar Media editorial team reflect on what’s proven to be a frenetic 12 months for the global solar PV and energy storage industries.

Burns & McDonnell and Recurrent Energy give their takes on the key successes and challenges of the past year in energy storage.

Africa-based independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq said financial close has been achieved on a solar PV project in Mozambique which will be integrated with energy storage. 

The need for energy storage solutions in India to enable huge renewable energy growth makes it a promising market, Tata Power has said, after its solar subsidiary was awarded the country’s largest solar-plus-storage project to date. 

An eight-hour duration Lockheed Martin flow battery energy storage system will be deployed at a 102.5MW solar PV project in Canada.

A residential virtual power plant (VPP) pilot programme in Maryland will bid to participate in ancillary services in the PJM Interconnection wholesale market.