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There is at least 9.2GW of solar power operating around the UK according to the latest Solar Media Ltd and Solar Energy UK data.
Cornwall has been crowned the best county for solar. Home to roughly 26,600 solar panel installations (MCS, 2024), it is now one of the best-performing regions for renewable energy in the country. For perspective, there are a total of 183,015 renewable energy sites in the south-west, and roughly 13% are located in Cornwall.
The future of solar panels looks promising, with the IEA expecting solar capacity to double by 2028, reaching just under 3.9 TW. It expects solar and wind to account 95% of new renewable energy additions, with solar generating more electricity than nuclear by 2026.
About 125 GW of new solar PV capacity was added in 2020, the largest capacity addition of any renewable energy source. Solar PV is highly modular and ranges in size from small solar home kits and rooftop installations of 3-20 kW capacity, right up to systems with capacity in the hundreds of megawatts.
Of those, at least 519,409 were residential installations, meaning less than 2% of the 28 million homes in the UK are generating electricity from solar panels – a figure that will hopefully continue to increase as solar panels get more affordable in the coming years.