PVTIME – The UK’s cumulative installed PV capacity is approaching 18GW at the end of January 2025, according to the latest data from the UK government’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
As of January 2025, there was 69MW of new PV installed in the UK. Although this is down from 241MW in January 2024, the statistics are provisional and may be revised in the future as more data becomes available. The total installed capacity in the UK at the end of 2024 has been revised upwards to 17.8GW, an increase of 200MW from the previously announced 17.6GW. The government aims to install 45GW of solar capacity by the end of 2030.
As part of the UK’s grid decarbonisation programme, Ed Miliband, the UK’s Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, has signed a series of Development Licence Orders to boost solar projects. The signing of these orders will add new approved projects of gigawatt capacity and is expected to lead to more utility-scale projects being awarded in 2025. In addition, the proposed new version of the UK’s Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme recognises the need to deploy more utility-scale PV projects and proposes to extend the commissioning window for qualifying solar projects to support further PV development.
