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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ministry of Defence: Renewable Energy (17 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

There are approximately 115,000 buildings in the total Ministry of Defence Estate, and information on the number of solar panels and wind turbines on these buildings in 2020, and in each of the last 5 years, is not held in the format requested.

However, there are examples of such installations including 2,653 solar PV panels installed by the Allenby Connaught Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and solar panels have been included on 286 new Service Family Accommodation houses recently built near the Salisbury Plain Training Area.


Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
26 June 2020

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