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DECC Releases FiT Statistics
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has released statistics on energy usage including solar and PV energy demonstrating that FiTs are having an impact.
The September 2010 edition of Energy Trends contains DECCs first publication of Feed in Tariff statistics covering installed capacity for the first quarter of the FiT scheme (1st April - 30th June 2010). In future these statistics will be updated on a quarterly basis two months in arrears.
• The Feed in Tariff scheme is a programme designed to encourage the up-take of small-scale renewable and low carbon electricity generation technologies. Properties are paid (by electricity supply companies) a tariff for generating electricity from small low carbon installations. They are also paid a further tariff for exporting (or 'feeding-in') electricity to the national grid.
• At the end of the quarter, 15.2 MW of capacity, across 2,771 installations, had been included under the FiT scheme. The figures are based on 'date of confirmation' so will include schemes installed prior to Q2 2010 (but after 15th July 2009).
• Over 2,700 (98 per cent) of all installations were Solar Photovoltaics, with the majority of these being retrofitted sub-4 kW arrays (mainly on domestic premises). However, given the smaller size of these installations, this translates to 44 per cent of total capacity, at 6.7 MW.
• Hydro had four installations covered by FiT by the end of the quarter. These were larger-sized non-domestic schemes however, and represented 3.3 MW of capacity, 22 per cent of the total.
• Of overall capacity, Wind turbines represented 35 per cent, or 5.3 MW, from 63 installations.
• At the end of quarter 2, no anaerobic digestion or micro CHP schemes have joined the FiT scheme.
• The domestic sector has the most installations covered by the FiT scheme, with 2,730 of the 2,771 total. However, these are typically smaller sized installations, and represent less than half of the overall installed capacity. The 41 non-domestic installations represent 54 per cent of overall installed capacity, at 8.3 MW.
Technology Number Capacity
N % MW %
Photovoltaic 2,704 97.6% 6.7 43.8%
Hydro 4 0.1% 3.3 21.5%
Wind 63 2.3% 5.3 34.7%
Total 2,771 100% 15.2 100%
