Solar Power
(asked on 2nd June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of concerns from solar developers on the Government’s 2035 projections for their technology and the potential impact on (a) Contracts for Difference competition and (b) reaching Government’s clean power targets post-2030.
Answered by
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
My Department engaged extensively with Ofgem, NESO, and stakeholders on the 2031-35 solar capacity ranges figures in the Clean Power Action Plan. In April, we published an update to the Action Plan to reflect the recent trend of an increased solar project pipeline at transmission. [1]
Connections reform will benefit Contracts for Difference competition and achieving clean power by prioritising projects that are progressing and aligned with our strategic needs. Projects which hold CfD contracts, for example, will automatically be considered strategically aligned and will be eligible for a confirmed connection agreement as part of the reformed connections queue.