Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 97809
Solar Power
Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Helen Whately
Conservative — Faversham and Mid Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of community benefit levels provided by NSIP-scale solar developers (a) relative to the profits generated and (b) in comparison with no
Answer
Michael ShanksWe believe that, where communities do the country a service by hosting clean energy infrastructure, they should benefit from it directly. No formal analysis has been carried out to compare the community benefit funds of proposed NSIP projects with those o...
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