{"id":131263,"date":"2023-08-14T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=131263"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:58:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:58:09","slug":"renewable-energy-installations-uk-homes-reach-record-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/renewable-energy-installations-uk-homes-reach-record-highs\/131263\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable energy installations in UK homes reach record highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The first half of 2023 has seen a boom in renewable energy installations, with more heat pump and solar panels being fitted than any six-month period in previous years<\/h2>\n<p>Data from industry standards MCS indicates that there has been a record number of <a href=\"https:\/\/fischerfutureheat.com\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewable energy installations<\/a> in the first six months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>MCS found that over 20,000 households installed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/pv-panels\/105300\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> solar panels<\/a> every month of this year, whereas<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/heat-pumps-in-new-builds-what-do-developers-need-to-know\/115424\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> heat pumps<\/a> reached a peak number of 3,000 household installations a month for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>June 2023 alone had more renewable energy installations than in any six-month period in recent history. Battery technologies in particular, exceeded previous numbers on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<h3>Wales has taken the lead on home renewable energy systems<\/h3>\n<p>Scotland has traditionally led on the highest proportion of green energy installations per household, but for the first time since 2021, Welsh homes have taken the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Although Scotland has around twice the number of households as Wales (and England ten times as many), MCS and housing data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that a higher proportion of Welsh homes are reaping the benefits of renewable technologies.<\/p>\n<h3>As of April 2023, the proportion of renewable energy installations across the UK was:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>7.24% in Wales<\/li>\n<li>7.23% in Scotland<\/li>\n<li>5.52% in England<\/li>\n<li>4.19% in Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More must be done to reach current net zero targets<\/h3>\n<p>Ian Rippin, the chief executive of MCS, commented: \u201cAs the cost of energy continues to grow, we are seeing more people turn to renewable technology to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/energy-efficiency-crisis-catalysing-uk-green-buildings-demand\/118398\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generate their own energy and heat at home<\/a>. We need to continue to push this expansion to meet our shared national ambitions to reach net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More consumers have the confidence to invest in small-scale renewables now than ever, but we have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/great-british-retrofit-challenges-to-retrofitting-older-properties\/127622\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make that transition even easier.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can view the latest MCS figures in full <a href=\"https:\/\/datadashboard.mcscertified.com\/Welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first half of 2023 has seen a boom in renewable energy installations, with more heat pump and solar panels being fitted than any six-month period ,according to MCS data. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[430,714,93645,468],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-energy-efficiency","8":"tag-heating","9":"tag-net-zero","10":"tag-solar-energy"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Renewable energy installations in UK homes reach record highs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2023&#039;s boom in renewable energy installations continues, with more heat pump and solar panels fitted than any previous six-month period\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/renewable-energy-installations-uk-homes-reach-record-highs\/131263\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Renewable energy installations in UK homes reach record highs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2023&#039;s boom in renewable energy installations continues, with more heat pump and solar panels fitted than any previous six-month period\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/renewable-energy-installations-uk-homes-reach-record-highs\/131263\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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