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Written Question
Community Development: Renewable Energy
Tuesday 17th January 2023

Asked by: Jeremy Wright (Conservative - Kenilworth and Southam)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

What recent steps he has taken to support the development of community energy projects.

Answered by Graham Stuart

Ofgem supports community energy projects and welcomes applications from the sector to the Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. The Government is also helping local authorities and community energy groups to work together to develop projects within UK Growth Funding schemes.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Community Energy Schemes

"I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way and for securing this debate. In dealing with the objections to the course of action that she is setting out, she will know that the Government maintain that the right to local energy already exists. Does she agree that the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Jul 2021
Enabling Community Energy

"It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing the debate, and all those who have spoken on this subject not just this afternoon, but on other occasions.

I join the consensus that locally generated energy …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Mar 2021
Vauxhall at Ellesmere Port and Battery Manufacturing Strategy

"I am sure my right hon. Friend will agree that the best sites for gigafactories are those where the automotive sector is strong, transport connections are good and battery technology development is already a feature of the local economy. In that regard, I am entirely with my hon. Friend the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"As my right hon. Friend adapts support for businesses, will he keep very much in mind those important sectors of the economy such as tourism and the creative industries that will need longer to recover and more notice of guidance changes? Will he recognise, as I am sure the Under-Secretary …..."
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