Carbon Emissions

(asked on 16th July 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy White Paper will include an assessment of the role of flexibility in meeting net zero climate targets.


Answered by
Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait
Kwasi Kwarteng
This question was answered on 21st July 2020

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has set out his intention to publish the Energy White Paper this Autumn.

The Energy White Paper will address the transformation of our energy system as we deliver net-zero emissions by 2050, including the importance of flexibility.

We have taken clear actions to enable flexibility through our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, including reforming markets so that they properly reward flexibility, removing barriers for flexible technologies, and investing in flexible innovation.

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