Update on Solar PV fitted in the Uk since inception

[Colin Deng]

Saw this on Linkedin

Update on Solar PV fitted in the Uk since inception:
13 GW installed
27GW to be installed gov., stats to 2030
Which means 6 years of installing at 4.5 GW per annum over the above period
Plenty of business for all of us .

If that's true ?

[Mart]

Hiya Colin, the 2030 target seems a tad confsing at the moment, with many figures based on what people/industry would like to see. So the reporting is as clear as mud.

I think the semi-official figure from Rachel Reeves is 32GW (total) by 2030, so an additional 16GW. But I'm not 100% sure on that figure, as it may 'simply' be based on their aim to double UK PV by 2030, which recently hit 16GW.

So that might be closer to 2GWp to 3GWp pa, especially if the target includes 2030, as it may be 'in' 2030, not 'by' 2030, as political end dates are often a bit loose.


I'm also not sure if the official figures include Nowty and Joeboy, as they could impact the numbers significantly.

[Colin Deng]

That makes sence

[nowty]

Current figure is 17.19 GW installed, but its always underestimated due to lags in reporting. And I note there has been another retrospective record on 2nd June this year, although the national grid official record has not picked up on that yet.

https://www.solar.sheffield.ac.uk/pvlive/

[Moxi]

2nd of June, wasn't that when you changed the panels on the porch Nowty ?

Moxi

[nowty]

2nd of June, wasn't that when you changed the panels on the porch Nowty ?

Moxi

That was 10th May so they were already generating.

2nd June would have been a Nowty Towers record if I was not away from home and left the batteries to fill up and cut off the DC charge controllers.

However, It does hold part of my record for non stop exporting for 44 hours.

[dan_b]

That's about as much PV as China installs every week or something!

[Mart]

That's about as much PV as China installs every week or something!

Shall we call him Chowty or Nina from now on?