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Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 40014

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37760 on Solar Power, how many new solar installations excluding those below 50kW have been consented since 2008; and what capacity each one had.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Government does not hold the precise data requested. However, relevant information is available in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), which provides details of individual solar projects that have received planning consent, including the capacity of each. It covers projects larger than 150kW, dating from 2010 onwards.

The REPD is publicly available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract.

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