Electricity: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 28th February 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK has sufficient reliable low carbon electricity to achieve net zero.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 8th March 2022

The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plan for decarbonizing the power sector consistent with its net zero commitments, while ensuring a secure, resilient and affordable supply of electricity. This includes ambitious plans to support the deployment of low carbon and renewable technologies such as offshore wind, nuclear and power CCUS.

Energy policy is primarily a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and decisions surrounding the design of, or amendment to, policies that are likely to have an impact on its electricity markets are therefore led by the Northern Ireland Executive.

Further details are set out in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/net-zero-strategy.

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