Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to invest in Geothermal energy.

We know that to achieve net zero, we must look at how we can accelerate the potential of all low carbon technologies including geothermal.

The Government understands that geothermal can play a role in decarbonising heat particularly as a heat source for heat networks.

We provide support through the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) for the construction and expansion of low-carbon heat networks including those that utilise deep or shallow geothermal heat.