[Talk-GB] Solar panels 150k up

[Jez Nicholson]

"100%, 100%!!!"

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:47 PM Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Of approximately 300 ground-mounted solar farms (field(s) full of solar
> panels generating >=1MW) in the UK we have around 12 remaining to
> locate....which, quite frankly, is astounding. I am getting ready to run
> around my study shouting, "100%, 100%!!!" as soon as I get a few more hours
> to complete the list. Most are a simple boundary outline. It is common to
> have a 'deer fence' around the installation and this makes for a nice
> boundary, some are detailed with individual banks of panels. I favour
> progressive enhancement of sites over time. Thank you to everyone involved.
>
> There are approximately 740 roof-mounted solar farms. I have not made any
> attempt yet to collate or locate them. My limited experience is that these
> are harder to armchair-map.
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:07 PM Gregory Williams <
> gregory at gregorywilliams.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2020-05-12 at 11:08 +0100, SK53 wrote:
>> > 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.
>>
>> The distinct web page is at:
>> http://osm.gregorywilliams.me.uk/solar_2001/
>>
>> I also hope to soon have LSOA-level detail on the Scottish pages, which
>> should help with locating PV installations from aerial imagery more
>> easily -- I'm conscious that it's a bit difficult at the moment, with
>> the areas being so physically large.
>>
>> >
>> > 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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