UK Solar PV Installation Cost per kW by Month and Financial Year

Monthly data on the cost per kilowatt of installed solar photovoltaic capacity in the UK, organized by financial year. The dataset is extracted from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Installation Database and is published as official statistics by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Data is provided on both a Declared Net Capacity (DNC) and Total Installed Capacity (TIC) basis.

Use Cases

• Modeling solar PV cost trends over time based on monthly granularity.
• Comparing installation costs on different capacity bases (DNC vs TIC).
• Analyzing the impact of policy or market changes on solar deployment costs.
• Benchmarking current solar PV installation costs against historical data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) database.
• Costs are provided on two distinct capacity measurement bases (DNC and TIC).
• Published as official statistics by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the UK's MCS scheme.

Provenance

Source

Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) Installation Database.

Collection Method

Extracted from the MCS database, likely representing registered installations.

Time Range

Monthly data by financial year; specific date range is not provided in the input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 08:57:55.353416; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, inferred from the platform 'uk_data' and the responsible government department.