Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on providing maritime shore power in ports.

On 11 September, the government announced £29.5m of R&D funding will be allocated to shore power projects at the Port of Aberdeen, Atlantic and Peninsula’s Falmouth Port and Portsmouth International Port under the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition.

The Government and Ofgem published a joint Connections Action Plan on 22 November which will help to accelerate grid connections, including those that may support the deployment of shore power. We will also be publishing a call for evidence on Net Zero Ports in due course.