Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) solar panels and (b) wind turbines his Department's buildings (a) have in 2020 and (b) had in each of the last five years.
Defra has 83 sites with solar panels and six sites with wind turbines or direct drive wind pumps.
We also have 104 operational solar panels that directly power equipment such as remote cameras and sensors.
We have taken the department to mean those entities covered by our greening Government commitments. However, we are waiting for responses from Kew and the Forestry Commission.
Table 1: Year of installation
Type | Pre 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-2020 |
Solar Panels | 68 sites | 0 sites | 0 sites | 9 sites | 5 sites | 1 site |
Wind | 6 sites |
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We do not hold the information on the dates the operational panels for remote equipment were installed.