UK installs "explosion"

[dan_b]

Some impressive sounding stats here -

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/22/he ... in-the-uk/

“On average, more than 17,000 households installed solar panels every month this year, while the number of homes installing heat pumps reached 3,000 a month for the first time, according to the data. Each month of 2023 was also a record month for battery technologies, as installation figures consistently surpassed the month before, bringing the total number of batteries installed in homes and businesses across the UK to more than 1,000 in 2023 so far.”

[smegal]

I was reading an interesting discussion linkedin about the Heat Pump rollout in Europe. Apparently, the UK is only counting heat only heat pumps, where Europe counts air to air AC units.

I can sort of understand that the gov is scared of being accused of subsidising AC units for cooling, but as many are finding on here, AC units are also useful for heating, especially single rooms, or on shoulder months.

The domestic PV rollout is impressive, it's rare that I go for a drive and not see a new install, or a house with scaffolding ready for one.

[nowty]

Another incredible bit of info from that piece,

"The last record for installations was set in 2012, just before government subsidies were about to be reduced. The industry’s accreditation body, MCS, said that 2023 should exceed that record, with some analysts predicting that nearly a quarter of a million UK households could install renewable energy by the end of this year."