Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received Home Energy Scotland funding to install solar PV and/or energy storage systems only, rather than as part of a wider retrofitting package, in each of the last five years, also broken down by local authority area.
Home Energy Scotland (HES) Grant and Loan Scheme
The following table sets out the number of households who have received funding through the HES Grant and Loan Scheme (formerly HES Loan and Cashback Scheme) for solar PV/energy storage systems where not installed with a certified renewable heating or energy efficiency measure. These figures include instances where solar PV/energy storage systems have been installed alongside an existing renewable heating system.
Local Authority | 2019 - 2020 | 2020 - 2021 | 2021 - 2022 | 2022 - 2023* | 2023 - 2024* |
Aberdeen City | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 31 |
Aberdeenshire | 18 | 14 | 25 | 109 | 100 |
Angus | 8 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 35 |
Argyll and Bute | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 |
City of Edinburgh | 17 | 7 | 16 | 81 | 113 |
Clackmannanshire | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 7 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 33 |
Dundee City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 24 |
East Ayrshire | 3 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 13 |
East Dunbartonshire | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 28 |
East Lothian | 7 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 37 |
East Renfrewshire | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 23 |
Falkirk | 6 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 30 |
Fife | 11 | 11 | 23 | 124 | 85 |
Glasgow City | 3 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 27 |
Highland | 18 | 3 | 16 | 79 | 55 |
Inverclyde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Midlothian | 3 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 35 |
Moray | 5 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 23 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
North Ayrshire | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 15 |
North Lanarkshire | 3 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 44 |
Orkney Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Perth and Kinross | 10 | 7 | 9 | 83 | 75 |
Renfrewshire | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
Scottish Borders | 13 | 7 | 22 | 54 | 45 |
Shetland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
South Ayrshire | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 |
South Lanarkshire | 7 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 54 |
Stirling | 10 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 17 |
West Dunbartonshire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
West Lothian | 5 | 5 | 18 | 74 | 73 |
* Figures for 2023 – 2024 are up to the end of June 2023. | |||||
Private Rented Sector (PRS) Landlord Loan Scheme
The following table sets out the number of households who have received funding through the PRS Landlord Loan Scheme for solar PV/energy storage systems where not installed with a certified renewable heating or energy efficiency measure. These figures include an instance where solar PV/energy storage systems have been installed alongside an existing renewable heating system.
Local Authority | 2019 - 2020* | 2020 - 2021 | 2021 - 2022 | 2022 - 2023* | 2023 - 2024** |
Aberdeen City | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aberdeenshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Angus | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Argyll and Bute | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
City of Edinburgh | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clackmannanshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dumfries and Galloway | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dundee City | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Ayrshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Dunbartonshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Lothian | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Renfrewshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Falkirk | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fife | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Glasgow City | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highland | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inverclyde | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midlothian | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moray | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Ayrshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Lanarkshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Orkney Islands | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perth and Kinross | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Renfrewshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scottish Borders | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shetland Islands | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Ayrshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Lanarkshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stirling | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Dunbartonshire | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
West Lothian | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* The PRS Landlord Loan Scheme launched in April 2020. | |||||