Solar Taskforce
The Solar Taskforce has been established to drive forward the actions needed to meet the government's ambition to achieve clean power by 2030.
Purpose
To bring together key players from government, industry, regulatory and other relevant organisations to drive forward the increases in rooftop and ground mount solar needed to accomplish the government’s 2030 Clean Power Mission, laying the groundwork for longer-term growth.
The taskforce will run up to end 2024, and its key objectives are:
- Strategic roadmap: assisting in the development of, and securing cross government and industry buy-in to a UK roadmap for solar setting out a clear step by step deployment trajectory to achieve solar deployment commensurate with the government’s 2030 ambition
- Taking action: government and industry working together to identify and drive forward processes and measures to unlock deployment
- Securing investment and value for money: as the sector grows, putting in place structures to facilitate continued progress on cost reduction, and ensuring that investment in UK supply chains, jobs, skills, innovation and infrastructure is enabled sustainably
See the full Terms of Reference:
Membership
Joint chairs:
- Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Chris Hewett, Chief Executive of Solar Energy UK
Deputy chairs:
- Michael Shanks MP, Minister for Energy
- Sarah Redwood, Director, Renewable Electricity, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Gemma Grimes, Director of Policy and Delivery, Solar Energy UK
The chairs are supported by a core membership made up of expert representatives from the solar industry, investment companies and others:
| Name | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Fawcett | Head of Solar | EDF Renewables |
| Alex DeSouza | General Counsel EMEA and Head of Transactions | Lightsource bp |
| Liz Cammack | Director | Segen |
| Mark Wakeford | Chair | EVO Energy |
| Adam Howard | Director | UK Infrastructure Bank |
| Ross Grier | Managing Director | Next Energy Capital |
| Ian Rippin | CEO | Microgeneration Certification Scheme |
| Lawrence Slade | CEO | Energy Networks Association |
Notes of meetings
We will publish notes of the taskforce meetings here.