The Government has launched its new Solar Strategy which aims to open up the market for mid-size, commercial and industrial onsite generation and to complete one million roof installations by the end of 2015.

Much of the strategy’s focus will be on increasing deployment of larger than 50kW up to 1MW, particularly on commercial and industrial buildings. Launching the strategy, climate change minister Greg Barker said Solar had been on a “long journey” but has now matured to become one of the “most exciting prospects in the British energy mix”. 

“Costs are falling, technology is improving, and demand is increasing. So I want to make sure we seize the opportunity which Solar PV offers to the British economy, to the environment, to our energy mix, and to the people who could benefit directly from it,” Barker said. 

“We need to turn rooftops into power stations and help consumers move from just being supplied with energy by big firms to being “pro-sumers”, producing and using more of our own self-generated electricity,” he added. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-uks-rooftops-to-become-power-stations

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