MCS knowledge reveals that 2023 has outmatched each earlier 12 months on file for small-scale renewables. The most recent knowledge from MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme), the requirements organisation for house grown renewable power and heating know-how throughout the UK, reveals that to date in 2023 a complete of 220,500 MCS licensed installations have been registered, beating the top of 12 months figures for 2022. 

To date this 12 months, there have been 183,022 licensed photo voltaic PV installations throughout the UK, exceeding the 138,000 in 2022 by one third. 

Battery Storage has turn out to be the third hottest tech kind to be put in amongst the MCS licensed contractor base. On the finish of 2022, there have been 50 contractors licensed to put in the know-how, and there are actually over 850. Installations have seen the same progress with 4,400 of the 4,700 licensed batteries being put in in 2023. 

MCS knowledge additionally reveals that greater than 35,000 warmth pump installations have been registered between air supply and floor/water supply applied sciences. This determine introduced the UK to over 200,000 licensed warmth pump installations in whole since 2008.  

On the rising deployment of warmth pumps within the UK, Charlotte Lee, CEO of the Warmth Pump Affiliation stated: “It’s promising to see this progress within the UK warmth pump market and we have a good time that increasingly more owners can entry low-carbon know-how to maintain their properties heat, snug, and power environment friendly. 

“While we’re happy that the BUS grant has been elevated, we might encourage the Authorities to take additional steps to display the nationwide dedication to low-carbon heating. It’s critical that the general funds for BUS is elevated to help higher warmth pump deployment and to make sure it doesn’t act as a synthetic cap in the marketplace. Different very important coverage enablers embody lowering the value of electrical energy relative to the value of gasoline and supporting contractors to cowl the prices of changing into licensed to put in warmth pumps, akin to the help provided in Scotland.” 

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