Energy: Solar Panels
Diane Abbott MP:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her
Department has made of the number of homes installed with solar panels in (a)
Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London and (c) England and
Wales; and what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of such
homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what
estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses installed with
solar panels in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London
and (c) England and Wales; and what steps her Department is taking to increase
the number of such businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what
estimate her Department has made of the number of schools installed with solar
panels in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) London and
(c) England and Wales; and what steps her Department is taking to increase the
number of such schools.
Tabled on 17 June 2015.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom MP on 29 June 2015:
Most solar panels installed by businesses, schools and domestic homes will be
supported by the Feed in Tariff (FIT) scheme. The Central FIT Register (CFR) uses
the following sector categories to classify installations: community, domestic,
and non-domestic (commercial and industrial). This breakdown is used in Tables
A, B, and C below, which show the number and total capacity of solar PV
installations in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, London, and England and
Wales, respectively, as of 31 May 2015. For panels supported by the Renewables
Obligation, sector information is not collected.
Table A – Number and capacity of solar PV installations in Hackney and Stoke Newington
Hackney North and Stoke Newington |
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Type of installation |
Number of installations |
Total capacity (kW) |
Community |
1 |
30 |
Domestic |
158 |
427 |
Non-domestic |
10 |
107 |
Grand Total |
169 |
564 |
Table B – Number and capacity of solar PV installations in London
London |
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Type of installation |
Number of installations |
Total capacity (kW) |
Community |
163 |
2,127 |
Domestic |
14,457 |
43,345 |
Non-domestic |
594 |
7,068 |
Grand Total |
15,214 |
52,540 |
Table C – Number and capacity of solar PV installations in England and Wales
England and Wales |
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Type of installation |
Number of installations |
Total capacity (kW) |
Community |
1,702 |
18,292 |
Domestic |
539,142 |
1,788,118 |
Non-domestic |
13,618 |
261,940 |
Grand Total |
554,462 |
2,068,351 |
The information above is sourced from the latest extract from the CFR provided by Ofgem. Geographical breakdowns on the CFR are published by DECC quarterly, available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics.
The government’s strategy for solar PV was published last year, available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future.
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