The average installation costs of small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in the United Kingdom have fluctuated in the period of consideration. From April 2021 onwards, the cost of solar installations in the 0-4KW band began to increase, outpacing cost increases in the 4-10KW band. In the period of consideration, prices peaked at 2,030 British pounds per kilowatt installed for the 0-4 kW band in January 2022.Installations In the financial year of April 2018 to March 2019, there were 32,370 installations in the 0-4kW band. This was an increase of 64 percent when compared to the same period the previous year. The highest number of installations occurred in March 2019, at 7,818. This peak was mainly due to the closure of the Feed-in Tariff scheme. Between April 2019 and March 2020, the number of installations declined by 30 percent compared to the previous year.Feed-in-Tariff The Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme was introduced in April 2010. It was a government program designed to promote the uptake of low-carbon and renewable electricity generation technologies. Since its introduction, the capacity of the FIT scheme for solar PV was highest in the first quarter of 2012 at 404,782 kW. By October 2020, the total capacity of Solar PV installations under the FIT scheme reached roughly 5.1 gigawatts. The scheme ended in April 2019.

This statistic shows the number of small scale solar PV system installations in the United Kingdom (UK) from April 2018 to March 2020, by size band. Between April 2019 and March 2020, there were 23,322 installations with a capacity of 0-4 Kw. This was a 30 percent decrease compared to the previous year.

Solar PV capacity installments increased notably from just one megawatt in 2008 to over 13.8 gigawatts in 2023. Initially, growth rates were exponential, however, since 2016, annual growth rates notably slowed. Nevertheless, in the last two years, installations started growing at a faster pace again. England accounts by far for the largest share of solar capacity in the United Kingdom.

In 2023, electricity production from solar PV amounted to 13,884 gigawatt hours. Throughout the period of consideration, solar PV electricity generation has seen significant growth, increasing from just four gigawatt hours in 2004.

List of renewable energy power stations. This Data Package contains a list of renewable energy power plants in lists of renewable energy-based power plants of Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Czechia: Renewable-energy power plants in Czech Republic. Denmark: Wind and phovoltaic power plants with a high level of detail. France: Renewable-energy power plants of various types (solar, hydro, wind, bioenergy marine, geothermal) in France. Germany: Individual power plants, all renewable energy plants supported by the German Renewable Energy Law (EEG). Poland: Summed capacity and number of installations per energy source per municipality (Powiat). Sweden: Wind power plants in Sweden. Switzerland: All renewable-energy power plants supported by the feed-in-tariff KEV (Kostendeckende Einspeisevergütung). United Kingdom: Renewable-energy power plants in the United Kingdom. Due to different data availability, the power plant lists are of different accurancy and partly provide different power plant parameter. Due to that, the lists are provided as seperate csv-files per country and as separate sheets in the excel file. Suspect data or entries with high probability of duplication are marked in the column 'comment'. Theses validation markers are explained in the file validation_marker.csv. Additionally, the Data Package includes daily time series of cumulated installed capacity per energy source type for Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden. All data processing is conducted in Python and pandas and has been documented in the Jupyter Notebooks linked below.

Solar photovoltaic sites in the United Kingdom numbered 1,489,606 at the end of 2023. Following commercial distribution in 2007, installations boomed between 2009 and 2014. With the market becoming more competitive, installation costs have fallen in the past decade. Prices for small scale solar PV systems oscillated between 1,490 and 2,578 British pounds per kilowatt in March 2023.

GlobalData’s renewable energy offering, “Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Outlook in Netherland to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Major Power Plants, Key Companies and Regulations” gives a view of Netherland’s solar PV energy market and provides forecasts to 2020. This report includes information on solar panel installed capacity and generation. It provides information on key trends, profiles of major industry participants, information on major solar PV Power Plants and analysis of important deals. This, along with detailed information on the regulatory framework and key policies governing the industry, provides a comprehensive understanding of the market for solar PV power in the country. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts. Read More

"Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Market in Italy, Outlook to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, Regulations and Company Profiles” is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information on the solar PV power market. The report provides in depth analysis on global renewable power market and global solar PV power market with forecasts up to 2020. The report analyzes the power market outlook in country (includes thermal conventional, hydro and renewables) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The research details renewable power market outlook in Italy (includes wind, biopower and solar PV) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The report highlights installed capacity and power generation trends from 2001 to 2020 in Italy solar PV power market. The research also showcases top active and upcoming plants in the country. A detailed coverage on renewable energy policy framework governing the market along with policies specific to solar PV power development in Italy are provided in the report. The research analyzes investment trends in the solar PV power market in Italy and some of the major deals pertaining to the market are dealt in detail. The report also provides elaborate company profiles of some of the major market participants. The report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts. Read More

Load, wind and solar, prices in hourly resolution. This data package contains different kinds of timeseries data relevant for power system modelling, namely electricity prices, electricity consumption (load) as well as wind and solar power generation and capacities. The data is aggregated either by country, control area or bidding zone. Geographical coverage includes the EU and some neighbouring countries. All variables are provided in hourly resolution. Where original data is available in higher resolution (half-hourly or quarter-hourly), it is provided in separate files. This package version only contains data provided by TSOs and power exchanges via ENTSO-E Transparency, covering the period 2015-mid 2020. See previous versions for historical data from a broader range of sources. All data processing is conducted in Python/pandas and has been documented in the Jupyter notebooks linked below.

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The Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) Observatory facilitates a broad range of energy demand research and is a unique data resource for research where access to high resolution, large scale energy data linked to relevant contextual data is required. Further information about SERL can be found on the Smart Energy Research Lab website.

This dataset of aggregated statistics is available under standard Safeguarded (End User Licence) access conditions. It contains over 2.5 million rows of data and describes domestic gas and electricity energy use in Great Britain 2020-2023 based on data from the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) Observatory, which consists of smart meter and contextual data from approximately 13,000 homes that are broadly representative of the GB population in terms of region and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile. This aggregated dataset can be used, for example, to show how residential energy use in GB varies over time (monthly over the year and half-hourly over the course of the day); and can be broken down by occupant characteristics (number of occupants, tenure), property characteristics (age, size, form, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)), by type of heating system, presence of solar panels and of electric vehicles, and by weather, region and IMD quintile.

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A more detailed set of SERL data, including smart meter data and additional contextual data, is available under restricted Secure access conditions under SN 8666: Smart Energy Research Lab Observatory Data: Secure Access. It is a longitudinal dataset containing records from August 2019, with updates provided to researchers on a (roughly) quarterly basis. Users should download this safeguarded access statistical study first to see whether it is suitable for their needs before considering an application for the Secure dataset.

The second edition (May 2024) includes summaries of daily average energy use in a data file for 2020-2023, and summaries of half-hourly average energy use in four data files for 2020-2023, as well as an accompanying technical document.

Energy (electricity and gas) consumption in households across Great Britain.

GlobalData’s renewable energy offering, “Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Outlook in Czech Republic to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Major Power Plants, Key Companies and Regulations” gives a view of Czech Republic’s solar PV energy market and provides forecasts to 2020. This report includes information on solar panel installed capacity and generation. It provides information on key trends, profiles of major industry participants, information on major solar PV Power Plants and analysis of important deals. This, along with detailed information on the regulatory framework and key policies governing the industry, provides a comprehensive understanding of the market for solar PV power in the country. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts. Read More

The Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) Observatory facilitates a broad range of energy demand research and is a unique data resource for research where access to high resolution, large scale energy data linked to relevant contextual data is required. Further information about SERL can be found on the Smart Energy Research Lab website.

This dataset of aggregated statistics is available under standard Safeguarded (End User Licence) access conditions. It contains over 2.5 million rows of data and describes domestic gas and electricity energy use in Great Britain 2020-2023 based on data from the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) Observatory, which consists of smart meter and contextual data from approximately 13,000 homes that are broadly representative of the GB population in terms of region and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile. This aggregated dataset can be used, for example, to show how residential energy use in GB varies over time (monthly over the year and half-hourly over the course of the day); and can be broken down by occupant characteristics (number of occupants, tenure), property characteristics (age, size, form, and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)), by type of heating system, presence of solar panels and of electric vehicles, and by weather, region and IMD quintile.

Secure Access data
A more detailed set of SERL data, including smart meter data and additional contextual data, is available under restricted Secure access conditions under SN 8666: Smart Energy Research Lab Observatory Data: Secure Access. It is a longitudinal dataset containing records from August 2019, with updates provided to researchers on a (roughly) quarterly basis. Users should download this safeguarded access statistical study first to see whether it is suitable for their needs before considering an application for the Secure dataset.

The second edition (May 2024) includes summaries of daily average energy use in a data file for 2020-2023, and summaries of half-hourly average energy use in four data files for 2020-2023, as well as an accompanying technical document.

"Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Market in Austria, Outlook to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, Regulations and Company Profiles” is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information on the solar PV power market. The report provides in depth analysis on global renewable power market and global solar PV power market with forecasts up to 2020. The report analyzes the power market outlook in country (includes thermal conventional, hydro and renewables) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The research details renewable power market outlook in Austria (includes wind, biopower and solar PV) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The report highlights installed capacity and power generation trends from 2001 to 2020 in Austria solar PV power market. The research also showcases top active and upcoming plants in the country. A detailed coverage on renewable energy policy framework governing the market along with policies specific to solar PV power development in Austria are provided in the report. The research analyzes investment trends in the solar PV power market in Austria and some of the major deals pertaining to the market are dealt in detail. The report also provides elaborate company profiles of some of the major market participants. The report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts. Read More

England is the largest employer of people working in the solar power industry. As of 2022, an estimated 2,200 people were employed full time in the sector. This compared to a total 9,000 people employed across the United Kingdom.

In terms of installed capacity, Llanwern Solar Farm & Battery Storage was the largest operational solar photovoltaic farm in the United Kingdom as of October 2023, with a total of 75 megawatts. Shotwick Solar Farm, the second largest solar PV farm, had roughly 72.2 megawatts. Combined, the 20 leading solar photovoltaic farm sites in the United Kingdom had 938.1 megawatts of capacity installed.

“Solar photovoltaic (PV) Power in Switzerland Market Outlook to 2020, 2011 Update – Capacity, Generation, Power Plants, Regulations, and Company Profiles” is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists that offer comprehensive information on the solar photovoltaic (PV) power market. The report provides in depth analysis on global renewable power market and global solar photovoltaic (PV) power market with forecasts up to 2020. The report analyzes the power market outlook in Switzerland (includes thermal conventional, hydro and other renewables) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The research details renewable power market outlook in Switzerland (includes wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), solar thermal and biopower) and provides forecasts up to 2020. The report highlights installed capacity and power generation trends from 2001 to 2020 in Switzerland solar photovoltaic (PV) power market. The research also showcases top active and upcoming plants in the country. A detailed coverage on renewable energy policy framework governing the market along with policies specific to solar photovoltaic (PV) power development in Switzerland are provided in the report. The research analyzes investment trends in the solar photovoltaic (PV) power market in Switzerland and some of the major deals pertaining to the market are dealt in detail. The report also provides elaborate company profiles of some of the major market participants. The report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts. Read More

The UK's renewable energy sector, including green power and sustainable energy, is set to grow significantly due to supportive government policies and a shift away from fossil fuels. Despite potential setbacks from policy changes like increased VAT on clean energy technologies and cessation of solar subsidies, the ambitious 2030 alternative energy targets offer vast opportunities for eco-friendly energy companies. The natural energy market is segmented into wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy, and others, with wind energy predicted to dominate. The low-carbon energy sector features key players like Vestas Wind Systems AS and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA.