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Written Question
Housing: Solar Power
Monday 5th December 2022

Asked by: Lord Colgrain (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether all new builds should include solar panels, in the light of the decisions made at COP 27.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Solar power is a key part of the energy mix, and the Government will continue to support its deployment to meet energy security and net zero goals consistent with COP27 ambitions.

In December 2021, the Government introduced an uplift in energy efficiency standards for new builds, which came into force on 15 June 2022 and expects that to meet the new standards, most new buildings are likely to be built with renewables, principally rooftop solar panels.