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Knowledge: Solar Manifesto
The Great British Solar Manifesto
Industry summarises ‘overwhelming’ benefits of a pro-solar Parliament
The STA has published its ‘Great British
Solar Manifesto’, summarising the
tremendous contribution solar can make
to the well-being and prosperity of Britain
over the next Parliament, given a fair policy
framework that works with market forces.
In less than a decade solar has transformed
the future of energy; 882,228 homes now
have solar power, communities; wholesale
electricity prices have been lowered; cost
reductions over this period of more than 70
per cent have been unprecedented & solar
growth has catalysed the development
of smart local networks & technologies,
including storage and EVs.
The STA has set its sights on 40GW of solar
by 2030, consistent with the Committee
on Climate Change’s ‘high’ renewables
scenario [2]. Securing this trajectory
would require the installation of around
10 GW of new solar capacity over the next
Parliament, a near doubling of current
capacity that would see solar provide
around 10% of UK power by 2022.
The Manifesto highlights the incredibly
wide range of benefits solar can contribute
to the UK including; thousands of jobs,
lower carbon, lower energy bills, billions of
investment, smart energy infrastructure,
better energy security, cleaner air,
empowered communities & consumers,
widespread enterprise and innovation as
well as modern new buildings.
STA CEO Paul Barwell said: “Whichever
party wins the election, they should
remember that solar has already
won the public vote on energy by a
landslide. Every day people recognise
the overwhelming benefits solar offers,
from cheap power to very real control
over energy bills. If politicians really want
to transform choice & competition in the
energy market for good, their efforts are
best spent making solar power & storage
accessible to the millions of people and
businesses who want it.
Unlocking the benefits of solar will be
easy for the next Government because
we are not looking for new subsidies.
But the industry now urgently needs
Above: Trina Solar’s large-scale Wymeswold installation
energy policy to work on a level playing
field, with the grain of market forces, while
properly costing carbon. We also need fair
tax treatment and effective regulation,
including for new build, smart networks
and business carbon performance.”
The extent to which 10GW
could be delivered over the next
Parliament depends on the extent to
which the new Government levels the
playing field for solar power and pursues
progressive regulation & fair taxes. It will
also depend on the speed of network
modernisation. Deployment of solar has
dropped by 80% compared to average
deployment over the past seven years.
The solar industry has borne the brunt
of Government policy cuts, despite
being responsible for only 6% of the
Government’s overspend on renewables
[3]. Over the past year the industry has
been left fighting against shock business
rate rises of up to 800% for rooftop
solar – taxes that do not apply to solar
competitors on the continent and to onsite
fossil generation in the UK.
Paul Barwell said: “The speed and direction
of technology change is clear. The global
solar market is estimated in trillions [4].
Solar sits at the heart of a smart energy
system that can save the UK billions. If
we are to seize these tremendous
opportunities in energy , the next
Government will enable the solar Britain
that pretty much everybody wants, and
become a global leader in decentralised
smart flexible power.”
Achieving 10GW of solar power would
deliver very similar proven benefits to
the peak delivered by solar over the last
Government, which saw a high of 34,000
jobs [5] and delivered an estimated £8
billion of investment. It would result in
5Mt of further CO2 cuts [6]. Analysis by
Aurora [7] shows the cost of integrating
a further 10GW of solar into the grid
would be modest. With a stable domestic
solar market British firms could
better pursue vast & growing international
opportunities – estimated at $3.7 trillion
to 2040 – where solar leads global clean
energy investment.
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