Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 10130

Electric Cables: Agriculture

Tabled: 21 October 2024

Answered: 24 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Dave Doogan

Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of overhead lines on GPS equipment used by farmers.

Answer

Michael Shanks

Any developer of electricity network infrastructure projects undertakes an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for individual projects and EIAs for projects in rural areas will almost always include assessment of agricultural impacts. These assessments ...

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