More Than Four In Ten New Homes In England Built With Solar Power
The title of this post, is the same as this press release from Solar Energy UK.
These two paragraphs add some more detail.
The introduction of more stringent rules on energy efficiency for new homes in England has driven a surge in solar panel installations.
The proportion of new homes and buildings that come with solar photovoltaic panels included has risen by more than three times in the last twelve months.
It certainly appears that solar is now an essential part of a new house.
The article calls it a dramatic jump.
That is a dramatic jump compared to only 5,731 of 44,310 newbuilds sporting solar panels in the last quarter of 2023 – only 13%.
Will the next product to be installed in houses, be batteries for individual houses?
I’m certainly thinking of one to complement my solar panels.
The Anonymous Widower 
An interesting idea however you may recall that in the past all homes had a water tank!
Change’s in heating systems combined with lax regulation by water providers and the relentless quest for more space (and internal bathrooms) in small flats or apartments has led to them virtually disappearing from the construction lexicon. (All at a time when the UK has a drinking water shortage.)
Water Tanks could be put almost anywhere and left unattended for decades, not so with batteries which I would assume will need ventilation and then some form of safety inspection on a regular basis. Another a little addition to a residents annual service charge.
So I think not soon!
Comment by Martin | March 13, 2025 |
Still not mandated on new builds although they’ve done it on a new development near me but some houses will be shadow part of the day so not sure owners may benefit as much as they think if they don’t consider where the sun is going to be.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | March 13, 2025 |
They need to fitted on south facing roofs to be fully effective all year round. Many houses face east or west so the panels don’t get a full day’s sun.
Comment by Mauricereed | March 13, 2025 |
Went past a new development near us – typical 5 panels so say 2kw. Not enough panels, some of the roofs could take more. Don’t know if these new builds have batteries or not. We took the view it was a box ticking exercise by the builder.
We have a south facing roof with 4.2kW of panels and a 10kW battery.
So new builds need to have more panels.
A start I suppose but need to do a lot better.
It would be interesting to know what the average solar generating capability is for these statistics.
Comment by chilterntrev | March 16, 2025 |
I felt that the statistics lacked something for a good analysis.
I always feel there are more or less panels in an area, than I would expect.
I suspect areas like Scotland and the North-East have good solar panel salesmen and women.
Comment by AnonW | March 16, 2025 |