Installed Capacity of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems by Contestability, 2008 - 2017

Unit: MWp
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3

Total 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.9 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.1 4.8 5.6 5.9 6.8 7.6 8.9 10.1 12.0 12.7 13.8 15.3 18.7 22.5 25.0 33.1 37.1 40.6 48.9 59.7 73.7 102.9 118.4 126.1 133.0 138.3 141.3

Residential 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.9 5.6 6.3 6.6 7.1

Non-Residential 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.9 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.5 5.3 5.6 6.5 7.2 8.3 9.3 11.1 11.7 12.8 14.0 17.1 20.7 23.0 30.9 34.5 37.6 45.4 55.7 69.3 98.2 113.5 120.5 126.7 131.7 134.2
Contestable 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.1 5.2 5.9 6.4 8.5 10.1 16.6 19.5 20.5 25.2 31.3 36.6 38.3 42.0 43.2 46.4 48.4 48.9
Non-Contestable 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.9 2.5 3.1 3.4 4.0 4.5 5.6 6.2 7.0 7.5 7.6 8.1 10.7 12.2 12.8 14.3 15.0 17.2 20.3 24.5 32.8 59.8 71.6 77.3 80.2 83.2 85.3

Source: SP PowerGrid Ltd (SPPG)

Unit: MWac
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3

Total 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.5 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.7 4.3 4.5 5.2 5.9 6.9 7.8 9.2 9.8 10.6 11.8 14.4 17.3 19.3 25.5 28.6 31.3 37.7 46.0 56.7 79.2 91.2 97.1 102.4 106.5 108.8

Residential 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.3 4.9 5.1 5.5

Non-Residential 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.5 4.1 4.3 5.0 5.5 6.4 7.2 8.5 9.0 9.9 10.8 13.2 15.9 17.7 23.8 26.6 29.0 35.0 42.9 53.4 75.6 87.4 92.8 97.5 101.4 103.4
Contestable 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.4 3.2 3.2 4.0 4.5 4.9 6.5 7.8 12.8 15.0 15.8 19.4 24.1 28.2 29.5 32.3 33.3 35.8 37.3 37.7
Non-Contestable 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.6 3.1 3.5 4.3 4.8 5.4 5.8 5.9 6.2 8.2 9.4 9.9 11.0 11.6 13.2 15.6 18.9 25.3 46.0 55.1 59.5 61.8 64.1 65.7

Source: SP PowerGrid Ltd (SPPG) & Energy Market Authority (EMA)

Note:
a. Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
b. MWp refers to megawatt peak, which is a typical measure of the installed nameplate capacity for solar PV systems. MWp represents the amount of electric power that can be produced by a
c. MWac refers to the Alternating Current (ac) capacity of the inverters used in solar PV installations.

Last updated on 1 November 2017