{"value":{"id":746429,"askingMemberId":163,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-06-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-07-03T00:00:00","uin":"1886","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the use of wind power and solar energy for electricity generation.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4068,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-07-05T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>To increase the use of renewables for electricity generation, we have launched a second Contract for Difference allocation round for emerging technologies, which includes offshore wind. This auction is expected to take place in August with results being announced in September.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been taken on future Contract for Difference allocation rounds for onshore wind, solar and other established renewable technologies. We will set out details in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Feed-in Tariff also remains open to small scale low carbon technologies such as wind power and solar photovoltaic.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2017-07-03T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Renewable Energy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/746429","method":"GET"}]}