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Solar Power: Manufacturing Industries

Lords · Question HL11707 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 24 Nov 2025

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Asked by Lord Bradshaw

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield on 3 November (HL11119), what proportion of the solar panels being used in the UK are manufactured domestically or in Europe.

Answer

Answered by Lord Whitehead, 24 Nov 2025

The Department does not hold this information. Several small firms based across the UK are involved in assembling conventional solar panels at a small scale as well as more innovative, building-integrated roof slates, and thin film technology that can als...