The UK solar market: 10GW deployed by April 2016?Finlay Colville - Head of Intelligence - Solar Media Intelligence

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The UK Solar Market:

10GW Deployed by April 2016?

Finlay Colville, Head of Market Intelligence, Solar Media Ltd

Solar Business Theatre: UK Solar Market Update

NEC Birmingham, SEUK, Wednesday 14 October 2015

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Contents

1. 10GW by April 2016?

2. Tracking the Growth

3. What’s Happening Today?

4. Q&A

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• The UK Solar

Market:

10GW Deployed by

April 2016?

• And the answer is….?

1. 10GW by April 2016?

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• The UK Solar

Market:

10GW Deployed by

April 2016?

1. 10GW by April 2016?

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• DECC supplied data from Ofgem typically tracks 10% below actual deployment.

• Delays in registration, missing projects, wrong capacity allocations, missing site extensions, etc.

• Either way, UK is currently north of 8.65GW installed & will comfortably exceed 10GW by 31 March 2016.

2. Tracking the Growth

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3. What’s Happening Today?

• FiTs first, stand-alone surging.

• DECC just about got the right number for Q1’15.

• Application madness. Slow steady rates to 21 July 2015, then planning application chaos.

• Confusion in applications, confusion in deployment. Multiple grace periods overlapping, multiple government consultations, multiple madness, but…

• …. lots of opportunities now on roofs and ground.

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4. Q&A

• More information:• Finlay Colville

• fcolville@solarmedia.co.uk

• http://solar-intel.com