Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39741

Solar Power: Reservoirs

Tabled: 19 March 2025
Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

Lincoln Jopp

ConservativeSpelthorne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the water quality of water from places with floating solar panels on the source.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra has made no such assessment. The Government takes the quality of all of our waterways very seriously; cleaning up our rivers, lakes and seas is a top Government priority and that is why we have commissioned an independent review to fundamentally tra...

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