Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential contribution of predictable tidal range generation to reducing electricity-system balancing requirements, renewable curtailment, storage requirements, and transmission constraints; and how those benefits will be reflected in future energy-system planning.

The Government recognises that predictable tidal generation could complement intermittent wind and solar, potentially reducing system balancing, curtailment and storage needs. Last year NESO published a report on the Strategic Case for Tidal Range which outlined the potential benefits and risks to the consumer, which the Government will consider carefully alongside any future developer proposals.