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Solar Power: Balconies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits the installation of solar technology on home balconies.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
19 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits the installation of solar technology on home balconies.

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The UK has huge potential for solar power, and the Government is committed to working with industry to radically increase our existing solar capacity, through a variety of methods, to meet the targets set out in the Clean Power Action Plan. Plug-in solar ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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