aea solar pv market update at ecobuild 2012
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AEA Renewable Energy Knowledge Leader, Colin McNaught, provides an insight into the UK Solar PV Market - presented at Ecobuild, London, 23 March, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Colin McNaught
Market update – Two years of the UK’s Feed-in Tariff
A brief history…
Feed-in Tariff
DTI Domestic Field Trial2002 installs:• 262 kWp• 12 sites• Avg £7,200 per kWp
Low Carbon BuildingsLCBP Solar PV:• 11,490 kWp• 5,586 sites• Avg 5,924 per kWp• £45.5 million grant
Clear Skies“The gap led to "a famine". "a lot of damage to a rapidly-growing industry"
The Feed-in Tariff
The Feed-in Tariff
Feed-in Tariff surges
Mapping the market
End Dec 2011End Sept 2011
Local market data
District NR14 – Loddon, nr Norwich
Which districts have the best market?
System price trends
Buying behaviours
Average size of system in up to 4 kWp band
…and the future
Quantity uncertain Timing clearer
Market update – Two years of the UK’s Feed-in Tariff
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