Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to encourage schools to install solar panels since 2010.

Potential benefits for schools from deployment of solar PV include reduced energy bills, revenue generation, carbon savings, and enhanced educational opportunities.

In April the Government published a guidance leaflet for schools, making the case for installing Solar PV on our schools and providing a checklist and information on financing. The Government is continuing to work with industry to deliver the suite of measures set out in the Solar PV Strategy to remove barriers to deployment on medium scale rooftops.

We have asked the solar sector and NGOs to work together on developing approaches which will facilitate deployment on schools and we continue to work with them as appropriate.