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860607

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to consult on post-feed-in tariff policy support for solar power; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	131964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariff scheme remains open and provides an incentive for businesses to invest in generating renewable electricity, including solar power.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering options for small-scale low carbon generation beyond 2019, and a consultation on the Feed-in Tariff scheme will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/03/2018 15:53:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

802296

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much solar energy has been deployed subsidy-free by (a) capacity and (b) project numbers since the closure of the Renewables Obligation in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	117983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of one solar farm, Clayhill Solar Farm located in Milton Keynes, which has been deployed subsidy free with an installed capacity of 10MW. We are unaware of any others that are currently operational at this time.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/12/2017 16:01:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

802300

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out the evidence base and analysis underpinning his Department's position that solar energy no longer requires public support and can be deployed without subsidy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	117987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Solar energy continues to receive public support through the Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in-Tariffs.</p><p>However, government support has helped to reduce the cost of solar cells by 80% since 2008<sup>1</sup>, and there is at least one project that has deployed without subsidy (Clayhill Solar Farm, Milton Keynes<sup>2</sup>).</p><ol><li><em> Bloomberg New Energy Finance (2016) Summit Keynote Presentation <a href="http://www.bbhub.io/bnef/sites/4/2016/04/BNEF-Summit-Keynote-2016.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bbhub.io/bnef/sites/4/2016/04/BNEF-Summit-Keynote-2016.pdf</a></em></li><li><em> The Clean Growth Strategy (Page 98), <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf</a></em></li></ol> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/12/2017 16:13:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

802305

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2017 to Question 116097 on solar power, what information his Department holds on the project financing of the subsidy-free solar farm referred to in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	117992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The solar farm in question is Clayhill, located in Milton Keynes. Information regarding sources of revenues for this solar farm is not held by the Department.</p><p>Furthermore, we can confirm that the Clayhill solar farm is not eligible for, nor is it in receipt of financial support through, any government scheme that provides support for renewable energy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/12/2017 16:15:03 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

797356

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Local Enterprise Partnerships' local energy strategies funded by his Department have evaluated the potential for solar power in their areas.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>BEIS has offered funding to help all 38 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in England develop energy strategies. A first phase of funding was offered to thirteen LEPs in March 2017, and funding was offered to the remaining 25 LEPs in September 2017.</p><p>BEIS is enabling local areas to develop energy strategies, linked with the forthcoming Local Industrial Strategies, to reflect the needs, opportunities and barriers within the local area. Some LEP areas have chosen to work together on a joint strategy. Strategies are expected to consider the full range of energy opportunities and challenges in the local area, including the potential for renewable heat and power generation, demand side management and transport infrastructure.</p><p>No energy strategies have been completed yet. The first phase energy strategies are expected by the end of March 2018, and the second phase are expected in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/12/2017 14:54:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

797357

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on supporting solar power.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in the Clean Growth Strategy, the costs of low carbon technologies have fallen significantly since 2010 through a series of innovations and growth in deployment, with solar photovoltaics (PV) modules now almost 80 per cent cheaper than they were, meaning we are now beginning to see solar deploying in the UK without government support.</p><p>Solar PV projects continue to benefit from support provided under various government schemes in the UK. Although the Renewables Obligation scheme closed to new solar PV applicants on 1st April 2016, the Feed-in-Tariff remains open to new solar PV projects.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/12/2017 16:35:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795747

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 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> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/12/2017 13:34:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park