SPUK: Solar dominates UK FiT scheme

October 2, 2012
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
Email

Head of FiTs of the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, Alisdair Grainger, told participants at Solar Power UK in Birmingham that 98.2% of installations under the FiT scheme in the UK are now from PV. The head of FiTs made a very strong attempt to reassure the audience that cuts to and degression of the FiT in the UK was a positive move.

UK deployment data will be used by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (Ofgem) to determine the FiT payment rates for solar PV installations. 

This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) Subscription

Try Premium for just $1

  • Full premium access for the first month at only $1
  • Converts to an annual rate after 30 days unless cancelled
  • Cancel anytime during the trial period

Premium Benefits

  • Expert industry analysis and interviews
  • Digital access to PV Tech Power journal
  • Exclusive event discounts

Or get the full Premium subscription right away

Or continue reading this article for free

Details are as follows:

Installations with declared net capacity of: Aggregate capacity deployed in period:
>0–10kW 163,769
>10–50kW 57,091
>50kW and standalone 13,938

 

Read Next

April 8, 2026
kWh Analytics subsidiary, Solar Energy Insurance Services, has launched a data-sharing initiative that rewards renewable energy assets for efforts in extreme weather mitigation.
Premium
April 8, 2026
PV Tech Premium examines the recent challenges facing California's rooftop solar industry and what lies ahead for VPPs and balcony solar.
April 8, 2026
Societe Generale and the EIB have signed a US$178.9 million financing agreement for the construction of a 137MW solar PV project in Italy.
April 8, 2026
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE claim to have reduced the silver content of TOPCon solar cells tenfold.
April 8, 2026
Turkey must deploy around 8GW of new capacity annually to meet its 2035 target of 120GW of installed solar and wind, a new report says.
April 8, 2026
The world added more than 200GW of new utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2025, according to figures from Wiki-Solar.

Upcoming Events

Solar Media Events
April 15, 2026
Milan, Italy
Solar Media Events
June 16, 2026
Napa, USA
Solar Media Events
October 13, 2026
San Francisco Bay Area, USA
Solar Media Events
November 3, 2026
Málaga, Spain
Solar Media Events
November 24, 2026
Warsaw, Poland