DECC Feed-in Tariff load factor analysis Extract Solar & Wind

By Paul Gipe

DECC reports a summary of the capacity factor, or load factor in Britain, of solar and wind energy in the feed-in tariff program for microgeneration.

The capacity factor for solar PV was about 10% and that for small wind turbines about twice that of solar PV at about 20%.

Feed-in Tariff load factor analysis