Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 3090
Electric Cables: Costs
Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 4 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the relative costs per km of (a) overhead, (b) underground and (c) offshore electricity transmission cables.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Government keeps abreast of the various technologies that can be used to help us achieve clean power by 2030, including the various means of laying cable, but has not yet made an estimate of the relative costs of cabling since it came into power.