New data from Industry -Body Solar Energy UK have shown that more than 40% of the new houses built in England last year were equipped with solar panels.
Solar Energy UK estimates that around 45,070 new houses were built in England in the fourth quarter of 2024 and figures from the Microgeneneration Certification Scheme (MCS) show that 18,954 PV installations in solar energy were made on new-build properties in the same period. Assuming all these installations took place on houses, this means that 42% of the newly built houses in Q4 2024 are powered by solar energy.
This is a significant increase compared to the previous year; In the last quarter of 2023, only 13% of the new buildings were equipped with solar panels. The share of new houses and buildings that are supplied with solar panels has risen by more than three times in the last 12 months.
The news comes after the rejection of a bill that would oblige all new houses in England to have an area that is equivalent to at least 40% of them on the ground floor covered with solar panels.
“It is a reasonable assumption that at least 40% of the new English houses now have solar energy, given the clear trend in the data. By the end of the year it will certainly be a much higher part if the transition to an improved energy efficiency must be completed under the building regulations. Similar rules in Scotland led 80% of the new houses to have mounted panels, “said Chris Hewett, Chief Executive of Solar Energy UK.
“A lot of attention has been paid lately to the next iteration of the building regulations, the Future Homes Standard, which we expect to oblige anything but substantial solar installations on new houses. But it is important to acknowledge how the existing rules stimulate growth in industry, while the emissions and bills for homeowners are reduced. The figures demolished every suggestion that the solar industry would not be able to scale up to meet an even greater demand under the coming standard, “he added.
Retrofits on the rise
According to statistics of the MCS, existing houses have also been Embrace Solar. The organization, which certifies that products and installers of renewable energy certifies, noted that a total of 15,496 solar installations took place in January 2025, an increase of 16.5% compared to the 13,298 installations completed in January 2024. Furthermore, between January 2024 and January 2025, 200,025, 200,025, noises, 2025, and the tops of 20255, and the following, 2025, and the following, 2025, and the following, 2025, and the following, 2025, and the following, 2025, and the following. Home battery systems.
In the meantime, Solar Energy UK has suggested that increasing the UK’s goals for installations of solar energy – mainly by supplying the “revolution on the roof” that the British government has directed – could considerably reduce the costs of electricity.
Wearing is being conducted by the Durham University Energy Institute, Solar Energy UK states that if 60 GW is installed in solar capacity in the year 2030, the energy costs will be 12% lower than when the UK reaches the 47.4 GW of solar capacity in the National Energy System Operator).
