England: solar photovoltaic power installed capacity 2022

South West was the region with the highest installed capacity of solar photovoltaic sites generating electricity in England, at around 3,430 megawatts electrical in 2022. In the period of consideration, the installed capacity of renewable energy sites saw continuous growth across England.

Installed capacity of sites generating electricity from solar energy in England from 2016 to 2022, by region (in megawatts electrical)

Characteristic	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
South West	3,057.6	3,187.1	3,189.7	3,237.8	3,271.4	3,300.8	3,429.6
South East	1,978.7	2,070	2,089	2,153.9	2,188.1	2,225.4	2,332.4
East	1,885.2	1,931.1	1,967.5	2,020	2,075.2	2,155.6	2,252.3
East Midlands	1,373.9	1,481.9	1,512.7	1,539	1,547.3	1,560	1,603.3
West Midlands	737.1	830.2	840.8	873	883	906.9	991.9
North West	482.1	536.5	566.1	614	628.1	642.3	687.3
Yorkshire and the Humber	514.3	551	556.8	620.7	628.4	638.1	680.8
North East	210.8	220.3	233.6	244.5	246.6	252.8	270.5
London	112.6	118.3	128.8	191.3	204.1	217	246.1

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2016 to 2022

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Energy Security Net Zero and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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