Almost 500,000 homes across the UK now generate electricity from their own solar panels, new figures have revealed.
New figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change suggest around 460,000 homes have panels installed, generating a combined peak capacity of 1.3GW.
The head of the solar trade body said the figures gave a boost to renewable power users during the recent debates over domestic energy prices.
“Nearly half a million UK homes are now much less exposed to frustrating energy bill rises because they have chosen to go solar,” said Solar Trade Association chief executive Paul Barwell.
“It’s a particularly clever choice right now because the returns are excellent.”
