Gertjan van der Goot delves into the latest pricing data from CompareMySolar to determine the emerging trends in UK residential solar pricing. Looking at prices from over 50 UK solar installers it appears prices are edging closer together, and have certainly increased from previous record lows.
In the first of a two-part feature, Finlay Colville, discusses the progress within the UK PV industry over the first six months of 2013. Colville confirms the new PV capacity added in the UK during 1H’13 and how this compares to global PV installations and prior first-half periods in the UK back to 2010.
The growing number of negative press headlines about solar farms could be dismissed as nimbyism, but equally they could be early signs of a publish backlash against large PV developments. Solar needs to work hard to maintain the public’s goodwill and avoid the same fate as wind energy.
Small-scale PV storage has not yet taken off in the UK. However, the necessary technical and commercial drivers could kick in soon and rapidly change this situation, and when they do, we need to be ready, says Martin Cotterell
Despite all the benefits energy storage provides to the grid and generators and its integral part in the future of solar PV in the UK, it is not yet a financially viable investment for any distinct part of the value chain.
