Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 27709

Solar Power: Reservoirs

Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

Lincoln Jopp

ConservativeSpelthorne

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of floating solar panels on reservoirs.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Clean Power Action Plan calls for the rapid acceleration of solar deployment to 45-47 GW by 2030, which will require significant increases in all types of solar. The UK has already seen successful floating solar PV projects, such as the Queen Elizabet...

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