Solar Power
(asked on 24th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much (a) ground mounted (b) rooftop solar power was deployed in each month from January 2017.
The table below shows deployment of solar PV in each month since January 2017. The type of installation is known for sites accredited on a support mechanism (Renewables Obligation, Feed in Tariff or Contract for Difference); “Unclassified” includes sites awaiting accreditation on these schemes.
| Ground-mounted solar capacity (MW) | Roof-mounted solar capacity (MW) | Unclassified (mixed) solar capacity (MW) |
January 17 | 28.7 | 3.7 | 10.8 |
February 17 | 30.9 | 13.1 | 60.6 |
March 17 | 137.7 | 105.5 | 374.6 |
April 17 | 0 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
May 17 | 0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
June 17 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 |
Source: Solar photovoltaic deployment in the United Kingdom, published October 2017, ‘Table 2 – By Accreditation’ at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment. This will be updated (to September 2017) on 30 November 2017.