Statistics jointly published by the two groups yesterday reveal 1.3GW of solar projects have been installed across the UK since the closure of the government s feed-in-tariff (FiT) subsidy scheme for small-scale renewables two years ago, with 175MW of solar deployed in the first three months of this year, which they touted as evidence of a robust domestic solar market.
The UK could well be on track to deliver a record 1GW of solar capacity in 2021 as various government clean energy policies and building decarbonisation schemes are rolled out, including the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme geared at schools and hospitals and the introduction of stricter energy efficiency regulations for new homes, they added.