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 plans to take to support the community energy sector as part of the Government's ambition to meet the net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

Through the introduction of UK-wide growth funding schemes, such as the Community Renewal Fund and the Towns Fund, Government is enabling local areas to tackle net zero goals in ways that best suit their needs.

We encourage community energy groups to work closely with their local authority to support the development of community energy projects within these schemes.

For example, the Towns Fund has awarded over £23.6m to Glastonbury Town which includes the Glastonbury Clean Energy project that aims to generate renewable energy for use by other projects within the Plan, as well as local businesses and residents.