Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 17 November 2025.
Damien Egan
Labour, Bristol North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support the expansion of residential solar panel installations.
Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government continues to support the installation of rooftop solar PV in various ways, for example through the Smart Export Guarantee, which enables households with solar panels to receive payment for excess electricity that is sold back to the grid.
We are investing £13.2bn in the Warm Homes Plan to help households take up measures like solar panels, heat pumps, batteries and insulation.
Additionally, the Government will publish the Future Homes Standard in the coming months which will ensure solar panels are installed on the vast Majority of new build homes.
Yes3 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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