UK Breaks Yearly Record For Rooftop Solar PV Installations
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Solar Power Portal.
This is the sub-heading.
The 2025 rooftop installation figures represent the fifth consecutive year of year-on-year increases in rooftop solar deployments, according to MCS.
A few nuggets from the article.
- The UK has seen rooftop solar installations increase year-on-year since 2021.
- UK rooftop solar PV installations have hit 206,682 so far in 2025, a record for the sector that has pushed the total number of certified small-scale solar installations in the UK to 1.85 million.
- This is according to the latest figures from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Their web site is here.
- Somerset and Cornwall leading the country in installations, with 3,741 and 3,726, respectively. North Yorkshire (2,780), County Durham (2,668) and Wiltshire (2,545) make up the rest of the top five.
Great Britain is described as a very mature market. It certainly seems healthy too!
My Solar Panels
I have solar panels on the flat roof of my house.
In the last twelve months I have been paid.
- 29th November 2024 – £129.66
- 24th February 2025 – £31.58
- 27th May 2025 – £46.27
- 29th August 2025 – £114.63
Note.
- This is a total of £322.16
- There has been no servicing or charges from my energy supplier.
- My solar panels appear to have been installed in April 2016, according to the date on My Solar Panels Are On The Roof.
They’ve certainly been no trouble,
The Anonymous Widower 
Our community centre got a grant and installed solar panels and batteries – about 50-70 KW.
BUT, the local DNO rejected their export request. Just said no with no reason given. So exporting is restricted to the normal domestic export rate of around 3.8kw.
The community centre is has asked for reasons why and is appealing.
So perhaps in places, the electricity infrastructure is just not up to the job.
Comment by chilterntrev | November 23, 2025 |