Renewable Energy: Greater London

(asked on 27th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many accredited renewable energy generators operate in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn and (b) London in each of the last three years; and how many Renewables Levy Exemption Certifications Ofgem issued in those areas in those years.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 4th April 2017

The information requested is set out below, based on the postcode for the installations. For Hampstead and Kilburn, we have used the postcodes of N8, NW2, NW3, NW6, NW8, NW10, W9 and W10.

For the Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, the “New” column shows new installations in the specified year. The “Total” columns show the cumulative number since the schemes started, in 2002 and 2010 respectively.

Renewables Obligation

Number of installations granted accreditation

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

New

Total

New

Total

New

Total

Hampstead and Kilburn

0

0

0

0

0

0

London

9

45

1

46

0

46

Feed-in Tariffs Scheme

Number of operational installations

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

New

Total

New

Total

New

Total

Hampstead and Kilburn

55

475

60

535

33

568

London

4,616

22,545

5,574

28,119

1,769

29,888

Levy Exemption Certificates (LECs)

Number of LECs issued

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Hampstead and Kilburn

8

4

0

London

944,803

333,854

0

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