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Commons · Question 56446 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

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Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of concerns from solar developers on the Government’s 2035 projections for their technology and the potential impact

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 10 Jun 2025

My Department engaged extensively with Ofgem, NESO, and stakeholders on the 2031-35 solar capacity ranges figures in the Clean Power Action Plan. In April, we published an update to the Action Plan to reflect the recent trend of an increased solar project...