Solar Power: Infrastructure
(asked on 20th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38728 on Solar Power: Infrastructure, what the average size was of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (a) between 4 July 2008 and 2024, (b) since 4 July 2024 and (c) since 4 July 2008.
Answered by
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The average size of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (A) between 4 July 2008 and 2024 was:
963.71 acres
The average size of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (B) since 4 July 2024 was:
2116.62 acres
The average size of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (C) since 4 July 2008 was:
1732.32 acres