Ofgem has released its official installation figures for May, June and July which determine what the feed-in tariff rates will be starting from November 1.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has identified three capacity bands in which installed capacity is monitored: Domestic Scale (0-10kW), Small Commercial (10-50kW) and Large Commercial installations (50kW-5MW). The installation levels in each of these bandings will determine how much the various FiT banding rates will be reduced by.
Installations in the domestic-scale banding stood at 163.769MW. As this lies in between 100-200MW this will enact a 3.5 percent tariff digression on the existing ≤4kW tariff band (16p) and >4-10kW tariff band (14.5p).
From November 1, the ≤4kW FiT rate will be 15.44p while the >4-10kW FiT rate will stand at 13.99p.
Installations in the small commercial-scale banding stood at 57.09MW. Although only marginally above the 50MW threshold, this too will enact a 3.5 percent digression to the existing >10-50kW tariff rate (13.5p). As of November the 1, the >10-50kW tariff rate will be 13.03p.
Finally, installations in the large commercial-scale banding stood at just 13.94MW. As this is less than the stipulated 50MW digression point, the FiT rates for installations >50kW-5MW will remain the same until, at least, February 1. From November 1, the tariff rates will be 11.5p for >50-150kW installations, 11p for >150-250kW installations and 7.1p for >250kW-5MW installations.
A full summary of the tariff changes can be viewed in the table below:
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Digression Band |
Tariff band |
Deployment level |
Digression rate |
FiT tariff from November 1 |
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0-10kW |
≤4kW |
163.77MW |
3.50% |
15.44p |
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>4-10kW |
3.50% |
13.99p |
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>10-50kW |
>10-50kW |
57.09MW |
3.50% |
13.03p |
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>50kW-5MW |
>50-100kW |
13.94 |
0% |
11.5p |
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>100-150kW |
0% |
11.5p |
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>150-250kW |
0% |
11p |
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>250kW-5MW |
0% |
7.1p |
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Stand-alone |
0% |
7.1p |