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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-11-28more like thismore than 2017-11-28
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Solar Power more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the industrial benefits of solar power. more like this
tabling member constituency Richmond Park more like this
tabling member printed
Zac Goldsmith more like this
uin 116097 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-01more like thismore than 2017-12-01
answer text <p>Solar power is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over the last 7 years. Latest figures indicate that we now have over 12.5GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, enough to power over 2.7 million homes and exceeding our historic projections.</p><p> </p><p>Costs for solar installations have fallen rapidly during this period, allowing both domestic and industrial consumers to benefit from increasingly cheap and clean electricity. We expect subsidy-free solar to be an increasingly attractive option, with the first subsidy-free UK solar farm recently deploying. Some of the UK’s largest solar developers have said that they will be installing and connecting subsidy-free sites over the next 12 months.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Watford more like this
answering member printed Richard Harrington more like this
question first answered
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answering member
4068
label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford more like this
tabling member
4062
label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park more like this