AEA Solar PV market update at Ecobuild 2012

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Colin McNaught Market update – Two years of the UK’s Feed-in Tariff

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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.

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Colin McNaught

Market update – Two years of the UK’s Feed-in Tariff

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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"

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The Feed-in Tariff

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The Feed-in Tariff

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Feed-in Tariff surges

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Mapping the market

End Dec 2011End Sept 2011

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Local market data

District NR14 – Loddon, nr Norwich

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Which districts have the best market?

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System price trends

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Buying behaviours

Average size of system in up to 4 kWp band

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…and the future

Quantity uncertain Timing clearer

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Market update – Two years of the UK’s Feed-in Tariff

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