Question follow-through · 13403
Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the capacity required to meet the 47GW solar target by 2030 will come from (a) rooftop installations, (b) brownfield and previously developed land and (c) greenfield develo
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the capacity required to meet the 47GW solar target by 2030 will come from (a) rooftop installations, (b) brownfield and previously developed land and (c) greenfield develo
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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3 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government has not set discrete targets for rooftop and ground-mounted solar by 2030. However, modelling suggests that, even in the most ambitious scenarios, only up to 0.4% of UK land (0.6% of agricultural land) would be devoted to solar in 2030. Pla...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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