{"id":1336,"date":"2018-09-09T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renovateme.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2018-09-09T22:52:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T22:52:57","slug":"solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renovateme.co.uk\/blog\/solar\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Shows UK Solar Distribution and Highlights Potential Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>As summer sees Britain breaking record after record for solar power generation, new research, compiled by Green Business Watch, ranks the UK\u2019s solar performance on a county-by-county basis for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">With the growing public demand for sustainable builds, the\u00a0<a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/greenbusinesswatch.co.uk\/uk-solar-power-county-rankings. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenbusinesswatch.co.uk%2Fuk-solar-power-county-rankings&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca170ff332c604e5ec82708d616a48a85%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636721293279423086&amp;sdata=N3Ez1ZChktbSXHs6KcTZis3dI7wSs2ZtD5u5QSvKye0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\">UK Solar Power County Rankings<\/a>\u00a0provide an unprecedented amount of information about UK Solar energy in one place, allowing property owners to see the real benefits of solar in their area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the potential savings and income from solar PV installations vary across the country, residents and businesses can for the first time use the map to identify the potential savings and income they could achieve by investing in solar PV.<\/p>\n<p><b>UK Solar Power County Rankings 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"325\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1337\" src=\"https:\/\/renovateme.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/capacity-vs-irradiation-300x325.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renovateme.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/capacity-vs-irradiation-300x325.png 300w, https:\/\/renovateme.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/capacity-vs-irradiation.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the rankings show Southern counties leading the way but they also highlight a number of areas that are not making the most out of their solar resource.<\/p>\n<p><b>Some Key Findings:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Solar irradiation across the South of England is uniformly strong but counties such as East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey seem to be missing out, and have installed less solar capacity than might have been expected.<\/li>\n<li>Wiltshire, which ranks number one for installed capacity is neither the sunniest nor the largest of Britain&#8217;s counties. Despite being outside the top 10 for solar irradiation, large volumes of commercial solar see Wiltshire top the rankings and hint at opportunities that some other counties are perhaps missing out on.<\/li>\n<li>Estimates of domestic income \/ savings varied from \u00a3413 in Shetland to \u00a3655 in the Isle of Wight but excluding the extremes of the Islands, differences in solar irradiation and potential earnings are probably smaller than imagined. As an example, sample locations in Angus (Scotland) had a predicted income\/savings figure of \u00a3538 per year. This was less than southern English counties such as Bedfordshire (\u00a3561 per year) but the gap is only \u00a323 per year.<\/li>\n<li>Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire are all surprise finds in the top 10 and Northern English counties such as Yorkshire and Greater Manchester make surprise showings in the top 10 for domestic capacity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, the UK Solar Power County Rankings paint a picture of solar uptake in the UK that is much more patchy than the opportunity, with some counties outperforming their solar potential while others aren&#8217;t yet taking advantage of the available resource.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Alastair Kay, Editor at Green Business Watch said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolar energy presents an opportunity for property owners across the UK but there is a lot of uncertainty over what the benefits are in real terms and what the figures really mean for householders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we as an industry are to keep solar growing, it\u2019s essential that we help property owners to see what can be achieved using solar. We\u2019ve put together the UK Solar Power County Rankings to give a complete picture comparing solar deployment and potential on a county by county basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK Solar Power County Rankings allow us for the first time to see where our county ranks and how the opportunity and the take up compared with other counties around the country.<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nYou can view the full rankings at:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/greenbusinesswatch.co.uk\/uk-solar-power-county-rankings. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenbusinesswatch.co.uk%2Fuk-solar-power-county-rankings&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca170ff332c604e5ec82708d616a48a85%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636721293279423086&amp;sdata=N3Ez1ZChktbSXHs6KcTZis3dI7wSs2ZtD5u5QSvKye0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\">https:\/\/greenbusinesswatch.co.uk\/uk-solar-power-county-rankings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The Key Findings and various visualisations (which you are welcome to use or adapt) are at:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/greenbusinesswatch.co.uk\/uk-solar-power-county-rankings#findings. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenbusinesswatch.co.uk%2Fuk-solar-power-county-rankings%23findings&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca170ff332c604e5ec82708d616a48a85%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636721293279423086&amp;sdata=ho7BBwev5AwMq9KxyN9peklGohs3Vbwty0kxeH%2Ff2sA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"Verified\">https:\/\/greenbusinesswatch.co.uk\/uk-solar-power-county-rankings#findings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As summer sees Britain breaking record after record for solar power generation, new research, compiled by Green Business Watch, ranks the UK\u2019s solar performance 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