Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 88760

Eskdalemuir Seismological Array

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

John Lamont

Conservative — Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) discussions and (b) meetings officials in his Department have had with Xi Engineering on the Eskdalemuir Seismological Array.

Answer

Michael Shanks

We recognise and are aware of the interference that onshore wind turbines can cause to seismological monitoring stations, and the subsequent safeguarding concerns that operators of seismological arrays can have. The Onshore Wind Taskforce Strategy, publis...

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