A plunge in UK installations dragged down European PV capacity growth in the first three quarters 2016, according to latest figures from industry body SolarPower Europe (SPE) that suggest a full-year total of 7.1GW is on the cards.

Europe added 1.56GW in the July-September third quarter, down from 1.73GW in the same quarter in 2015, said SPE’s latest market update.

That left the nine-month total at 5.3GW,