Long-delayed regulations may ‘encourage’ housebuilders to equip homes with solar panels, rather than requiring them
These rules should, according to experts and campaigners, include requirements that homes are not connected to the gas grid, are insulated to a high standard and can generate renewable energy.But instead of requiring housebuilders to equip new homes with an adequate number of solar panels, which campaigners and clean energy experts were hoping for, current plans for the future homes standard are only to “encourage” builders to equip homes with some solar panels “where appropriate”.
David Cowdrey, acting chief executive of the MCS Foundation, a charity that certifies solar installations, said: “The government’s apparent failure to require solar panels on all newbuilds is extremely disappointing, and represents an enormous missed opportunity. Installing solar panels on all newbuilds would not only reduce energy bills for homeowners, it would also massively contribute to net zero, with the potential to add as much as 4GW of clean, cheap electricity to the grid.
“There are a range of options needed to meet the carbon efficiency requirements that builders will need to use depending on the location and construction arrangements on each development,” he said. “Solar is part of the solution but will not be appropriate in all situations.”
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