Just would like to point out that we passed the 150,000 mark of solar panels mapped in the UK. Dan & Jez are best informed about solar farms, so the rest of this update is on small domestic rooftop installations.
A number of us continue to spend time mapping rooftop panels, and, although progress is not at the heady rate of last Summer, this has resulted in improved coverage of a number of local authorities. These are the activities of which I'm aware, there are no doubt others I've missed: - I mainly aim to push reasonably well-mapped LAs over various thresholds (50%, 60% & 80% are the ones I find most useful), and to try & create a contiguous band of well-mapped (>50%) across England & Wales. Recently I've worked on Flintshire, Hinckley & Bosworth and Vale Royal. - gurglypipe continues to spread out beyond Lancaster into South Lakes to the N & Ribbledale and to the S - brianboru continues to pick up a significant number of installations across Herefordshire & the Welsh Valleys as part of general mapping work - Gregory Williams continues to focus on hotspot unmapped LSOAs - MapRoulette users make a steady contribution by converting panels mapped as nodes to areas Gregory has recently updated the FIT data to March which added perhaps 20,000 additional installations. To deal with these he had to change the LA boundaries used to incorporate unitary authorities (affecting Cheshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Shropshire, Northumberland & perhaps others). One consequence is that some well-mapped districts dropped below thresholds, so I've been working over the last few days to restore them if possible (Ashford, Hart & Rugby still to be hauled back over 50%). Very kindly, he agreed to retain the original district boundaries on a distinct web page, because I found working with the old districts of large rural counties more useful than the new boundaries. As well as adding new panels here's still plenty to do with the ones already mapped: adding buildings under mapped panels, adjusting position, adding number of panels and orientation. Thanks to all who have contributed. Regards, Jerry
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