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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to encourage energy microgeneration.

The Smart Export Guarantee ensures small-scale low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes or small businesses installing solar panels or wind turbines, receive payment for the renewable electricity they export to the grid.

The Government has removed VAT on residential solar panels and has exempted business from rates a range of on-site green generation technologies. As set out in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government is exploring options to facilitate low-cost finance to drive rooftop solar deployment, will review permitted development rights to simplify planning for small-scale solar and will design performance standards to encourage renewables in new homes and buildings.