Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 15744
Agriculture: Land Use
Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024
Question
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Conservative — Wetherby and Easingwold
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 12061 on Agriculture: Land Use, if he will commission research into the potential impact of solar farms on soil (a) carbon storag
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra has no current plans to undertake research on the specific impact of solar farms on soil properties. We have undertaken an evidence review evaluating opportunities for agrivoltaic systems in England and Wales. Impacts on soil were not considered.