Energy & climate change minister commends UK solar industry growth

The energy and climate change minister, Ed Davey, has expressed admiration for the UK solar markets increase – now making it the 6th largest market for utility-scale solar in the world.

500MW of new schemes were connected in March in the run up to the Renewable Obligation rate degression. Subsequently, the UK has now joined a select few markets which have more than one gigawatt of installed utility-scale capacity, as stated by Wiki-Solar.org.

Mr Davey said: “The UK is among the world leaders for deploying solar energy and was top in Europe for new solar projects coming online in 2013. The market framework created by the UK government has resulted in significant investment in solar energy generation projects since 2010. Overall, renewable electricity generation investment of up to £40 billion is expected by 2020. Our Solar Strategy launched recently, sets out our clear ambition to see further deployment of solar and help us deliver the clean energy supplies that the country needs, at the lowest possible cost to consumers, creating jobs, growth and exports.”

This displays the installed capacity of utility-scale power plants in the leading solar markets at the end of March –

Philip Wolfe of Wiki-Solar explained: “Even these figures may be understated. The energy regulator Ofgem has a backlog of several months in the registration process – when final figures are published we may find a lot more capacity was actually installed in the first quarter. I wouldn’t be surprised if the UK has even overtaken Spain and broken into the top five.”

That’s great news for the UK solar industry!

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