Solar Power

(asked on 21st March 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Jo Stevens Portrait
Jo Stevens
(Labour - Cardiff East)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of solar energy captured in the UK is for each of the last five years.

Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 27th March 2019

Electricity and heat generated in the UK each year from solar technologies are presented below:

Electricity generated

Solar thermal generation (MTOE)

Total solar energy consumption (MTOE)

(GWh)

(MTOE)

2013

2,010

173

49

222

2014

4,054

349

50

399

2015

7,533

648

52

699

2016

10,411

895

52

947

2017

11,525

991

53

1,044

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

The data above excludes unsubsidised solar generation not currently reported to BEIS or Ofgem. This is estimated to be very small.

Data for electricity generation in 2018 will be published on Thursday March 28 at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766384/ET_6.1.xls

Figures for solar thermal generation in 2018 will be published on Thursday July 25 at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729372/DUKES_6.1-6.3.xls

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