Feed In Tariffs (FITs) for anaerobic digestion (AD), standalone PV solar and wind installations between 100 and 1500kW have been so in demand that installations are now queued to 2017, with some wind generators having to wait until October 2017.

The quarterly spending caps were introduced by the former Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) last year as way to control spending on FITs. Detailed caps are set out for each technology and size each quarter. Installations that do not get FIT deployment in the quarter they apply will be queued for entry into the next available deployment cap.

The FIT for wind installations between 100 and 1500kW is the most oversubscribed, with 47 generators applying for the tariff and two queuing until the TP4 2017 tariff period next year, which will begin on 1 October 2017. Anaerobic digestion feed in tariffs have been applied for by 26 generators since the revised Feed In Tariff reopened in February, with one generator already queued for the TP3 2017 tariff period next year, which begins on 1 July 2017. Standalone PV has had 404 generators apply, with many queuing until the first tariff period in 2017, which begins on 1 January.  Wind between 50 and 100kW are queued until the TP4 tariff period this year, which begins on 1 October.

Under the revised scheme, the feed in tariff rate falls by 10 per cent automatically if a technology deployment quarterly cap is reached, on top of the planned degression.

Not all technologies and sizes were oversubscribed. There are no installations queued for wind above 1500kW or hydro over 100kW.  The deployment cap for the current tariff period (TP3, 1 July to 30 September 2016) has yet to be met for any size of residential PV, wind below 50kW or hydro under 100kW. Any unused capacity will be rolled over to the next tariff cap period.

Decc has said it will review eligibility and the balance of caps between technologies next year, and will consider whether there are grounds to review tariffs again. At the time, it said that review “will take account of factors including deployment levels, broader policy objectives, state aid constraints and value for money”.

The published figures are an indication of each installation’s place in the queue and may change after confirmation at the beginning of the relevant tariff period. The data is correct as at 00:00 on 26 July 2016.

 

Read the data: Feed-in Tariff (FIT): Deployment Caps Indicative Queue for ROO-FIT and Standalone Installations

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