UK solar up 19% in 2016

Latest government data has shown an increase of 19% in installed solar PV capacity to 11.46GW in the year up to December 2016.

Approximately 50% of that increase arrived in March 2016, as investors in ground mounted schemes rushed to beat the closure of the renewables obligation (RO) subsidy scheme.

To date:
~50% of UK solar PV capacity comes from large schemes.
1/5 of UK solar PV capacity comes from domestic applications.

There is still about 14.526GW of solar PV either operation or in the planning stage according to the Government's renewable energy planning database.

To see all the latest PV data, click here.

 

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