Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
(asked on 7th September 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 many domestic solar installations have been completed under the Feed-in Tariff scheme in 2017; and how many domestic solar installations there were in each of the preceding five years.
The table below shows how many domestic solar installations were completed, and receiving Feed in Tariffs (FiTs), from 2012 to June 2017*.
Year | Number of domestic solar installations completed, and receiving Feed in Tariffs |
2012 | 149,755 |
2013 | 89,800 |
2014 | 118,576 |
2015 | 155,227 |
2016 | 31,966 |
2017 (to June 2017) | 4,770 |
Source: Ofgem Feed in Tariff installations report, 30 June 2017, available at:
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-30-june-2017
* Due to lags in the accreditation process (typically of several months), there are likely to be many more schemes completed in the first six months of 2017 that are awaiting accreditation on FiTs.