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Question follow-through · 35004

Solar Power: Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the minimum threshold of power generation is for a solar park to meet the standard required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the minimum threshold of power generation is for a solar park to meet the standard required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    For a solar park to be designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, the minimum threshold of power generation is currently 50 megawatts. Consent for a solar project under 50 megawatts is applied for under the Town and Country Planning Ac...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Photovoltaics

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the obsolescence date of the current generation of photovoltaic panels.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure: Land

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many approved nationally significant infrastructure projects use greater than (a) 50%, (b) 60%, (c) 70% and (d) 80% of best and most versatile land.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure: Road Traffic

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether planning approval for nationally significant infrastructure projects is dependent upon having a construction traffic management plan.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Photovoltaics: Import Controls

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the (a) import and (b) use of Chinese photovoltaic panels manufactured using forced Labour.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Land: Compulsory Purchase

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many land transactions for nationally significant projects were via compulsory purchase order since 4 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the threshold to qualify as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in line with technological progress.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure: Land

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35839 on Infrastructure: Land, what is the largest quantity of best and most versatile land used for a nationally significant energy develo

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Infrastructure: Land

11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35839 on Infrastructure: Land, what is the maximum permissible quantity of best and most versatile land allowed for an energy development c

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Solar Power: Electricity Generation

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35004 on Solar Power: Electricity Generation, when his Department announced its plan to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Solar Power

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) average and (b) maximum megawatt capacity of a solar energy infrastructure project was in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Wind Power

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) average and (b) maximum megawatt capacity was of a wind energy infrastructure project in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Energy: Land Use

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how agricultural land classification is assessed in energy infrastructure project decisions.