Solar Power: Social Rented Housing
Commons · Question 26024 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance her Department provides to social housing providers on the (a) disposal, (b) replacement and (c) recycling of legacy solar photovoltaic panels that have reached the end of their
Answer
Answered by Polly Billington, 9 Sep 2026
Legislation is in place to control the disposal of solar equipment at the end of its life for the collection and recycling of old PV panels with some companies globally and in the UK able to take the materials from the panels to use in different industrie...