Solar Magazine – The hard numbers
Brussels has received 541 new installations in the first 4 months. This week in ‘The hard figures’ an analysis of new data from the Brussels PV market.
PV power installed in the first 4 months.
3 large installations
Already recorded in the 4 months of the year as the first of last year. The power involved is much higher. Because where the average installation was 7.69 kilowatt peak last year, it is 10.8 kilowatt peak from 2022 to date. This is mainly due to 3 larger new PV systems that together account for a capacity of 2.39 megawatt peak.
Record year even better
The figures for the year 2020 have been revised upwards again. Where Brugel previously reported that 3,885 new installations – good for a capacity of 68.77 megawatt peak – were placed in the record, this is now changes to 3,911 new installations with a capacity of 68.77 megawatt peak. This sales peak was partly due to the fact that the Brussels regulator for the gas and electricity market Brugel has reduced the support for solar panels as of 1 January 2021.
The 2 summary charts the development per calendar year and the number of installed PV installations and the capacity.
* this concerns the number of new installations with the number of installations placed out of operation. This calendar year, 27 installations have already been decommissioned; good for a power of 390 kilowatt peak. they already took out more installations than last year’s capacity, because to 26 installations with a total of 380 kilowatt peak.
Growth by market segment
The table shown below shows the newly realized installations in 2022 and the total number of installations, including the associated capacity, per market segment.
Target audience |
New installations |
Total number of installations |
New installed power |
Total installed capacity |
Consumers |
83 |
6.358 |
0.45 megawatt peak |
23.97 megawatt peak |
Private company |
456 |
6.230 |
5.35 megawatt peak |
169.24 megawatt peak |
Public enterprise |
2 |
309 |
0.06 megawatt peak |
17.04 megawatt peak |
Total |
541 |
12,897 |
5.86 megawatt peak |
209.43 megawatt peak |
By asset class
table shows the number of newly installed installations in 2022 per power category.
Asset class |
New installations 2022 |
Cumulative number of installations |
0 to 5 kilowatts |
396 |
10.032 |
5 to 36 kilowatts |
136 |
2.113 |
36 to 100 kilowatts |
4 |
384 |
100 to 250 kilowatts |
2 |
224 |
> 250 kilowatts |
3 |
144 |
Total |
541 |
12,897 |
table shows the new installed capacity in 2022 per asset category.
Asset class |
Newly placed power |
Prepared cumulatively |
0 to 5 kilowatts |
1.45 megawatt peak |
37.23 megawatt peak |
5 to 36 kilowatts |
1.30 megawatt peak |
22.06 megawatt peak |
36 to 100 kilowatts |
0.34 megawatt peak |
23.87 megawatt peak |
100 to 250 kilowatts |
0.38 megawatt peak |
34.56 megawatt peak |
> 250 kilowatts |
2.39 megawatt peak |
98.88 megawatt peak |
Total |
5.86 megawatt peak |
216.60 megawatt peak |
5 frontrunners
The 5 places in the Brussels region that are leaders in terms of capacity are shown in the table below.
Place |
Number of installations |
Installed capacity |
Anderlreal |
1,526 |
37.87 megawatt peak |
Brussels |
537 |
28.20 megawatt peak |
frost |
503 |
21.24 megawatt peak |
Neder-Over-Heembeek |
389 |
13.70 megawatt peak |
hair |
330 |
13.53 megawatt peak |
Uccle also scores highly in terms of the number of installations; after leader Anderlecht, Uccle has 1,216 solar panel installations. The associated capacity of 8.79 megawatt peak is totally low, because it concerns total solar panels on homes.