July Feed in Tariff deadline leads to Solar rush...
The UK Solar PV industry has installed a record of 21MW of new Solar PV ahead of the July reduction in the Feed in Tariff. During the last week of June, 5,694 Solar PV systems below 50kW were registered showing a 137% increase on the previous week - a yearly high of 13MW.
The week ending 30th June has 15.84MW of Solar PV installed in the 0-4kW tariff band, up from just over 9MW the week before. Solar PV installs in this segment have traditionally dominated the weekly statistics, with 77% of all installs registered below 50kW falling in the 0-4kW tariff band.
However, Solar PV installations in the 10-50kW segment hit the highest level since July 2012 with 14.2MW completed before the available Feed in Tariff rate dropped from 13.03p/kWh to 12.57p/kWh.
Solar PV in the >4-10kW have continually struggled to gain traction in 2013, never installing more than 1MW in a single week. The latest figures reveal that just over 2MW of capacity was installed in the >4-10kW tariff band in the run up to 1st July.
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