Solar power has a growing role in electricity production in the United Kingdom, contributing around 5% of the UK's annual power generation in 2024. As of 2025, on sunny days, it provides over 30% of the UK's power consumption at times. There were few installations until 2010, when the UK government mandated subsidies in the form of a feed-in tariff (FIT), paid for by all electricity consumer. Solar potentialThe UK's annual is in the range of 750–1,100 per square metre (kWh/m ). London. . In 2006, the United Kingdom had installed about 12 MW of photovoltaic capacity, which represented only 0.3% of total of 3,400 MW. In August 2006, there was widespread news coverage i. . As of 2025 about 31% of installed capacity is residential. By 2027 solar will be required on almost all new homes in England. According to a report on behalf of the European Commission, in 2015 the United Kingdom h.
[PDF Version]
