§ Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many bids for funding solar PV projects were received in the first two rounds of stream 2 of her Department's solar PV Major Demonstration Programme; how many were successful; what was the total value of(a) bids received and (b) projects approved; and what the total size, measured by kWp, was of bids received. [86174]
§ Mr. WilsonIn the first two rounds of stream 2 of my Department's solar PV Major Demonstration Programme, 59 bids were received. Of these 27 were successful.
The total value of grants requested was just under £9 million and the total value of projects approved was just over £3.5 million.
The total size of bids received, for both rounds was just over 2100kWp.