Recommendation 2

For the Government to achieve its ambition for community- scale rooftop solar in the achievement of the UK’s energy targets, it is essential to develop a stable price mechanism that makes selling electricity to the grid financially viable. Reliance on Power Purchase Agreements demonstrates the barrier that financial viability currently poses to the growth of community rooftop solar. We are concerned that this has resulted in rooftop solar installations being scaled back to meet the needs of the host building, whilst other suitable buildings and prime rooftop space go unused. There needs to be a business model which is unaffected by the electricity demand of the host building: for example, which can be as effective on churches and warehouses as on schools and hospitals. (Conclusion, Paragraph 19)