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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-26more like thismore than 2015-10-26
answering body
Department for Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept id 63 more like this
answering dept short name Energy and Climate Change more like this
answering dept sort name Energy and Climate Change more like this
hansard heading Solar Power more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment her Department has made of the ability of the UK solar industry to meet service demand; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South remove filter
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Mr Jim Cunningham more like this
uin 13428 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2015-10-30more like thismore than 2015-10-30
answer text <p>As set out in the November 2013 Renewable Energy Roadmap Update, analysis indicated a potential deployment range of 7-20 GW (equivalent to 6-18 TWh) of solar PV at all scales, with 20GW being our estimate of the technical maximum level of solar PV deployment by 2020 on the basis of grid and other constraints. Solar PV in the UK was 8.007GW as of August 2015<sup>1</sup>.</p><br /><p>In the absence of cost effective storage, solar PV can make a contribution to meeting electricity demand but this will be limited by the nature of its diurnal cycle.</p><br /><p><em>REF:</em></p><ol><li><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-pv-deployment-august-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-pv-deployment-august-2015</a></em></li></ol> more like this
answering member constituency South Northamptonshire more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
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label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
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answering member constituency South Northamptonshire more like this
answering member printed Andrea Leadsom more like this
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label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham more like this