Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 17
17
Deferred
Paragraph: 83
Accelerated deployment pace needed to achieve 70 GW solar capacity by 2035.
Conclusion
The Government’s aim for 70 GW of solar capacity to be installed by 2035 is welcome. Achieving this goal will require the UK to ramp up the pace at which new solar capacity is deployed. We therefore welcome the Government’s announcement of a solar roadmap and the establishment of a dedicated government/industry taskforce. We strongly welcome the Government’s clarification that it is not planning to change the classification of agricultural land in ways which would constrain the expansion of the UK’s solar capacity.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses its commitment to developing a business model for power BECCS and its support for existing biomass generating stations, rather than addressing the committee's welcome for solar capacity targets or the solar roadmap.
Paragraph Reference:
83
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 14 July 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗