Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 57847

Geothermal Power

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to assess the UK’s economically recoverable reserves of geothermal energy.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government has supported research on geothermal in which some assessment of the UK potential is made. This includes funding a 2023 evidence-based assessment of the UK opportunity (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-report-assesses-deep-geothermal-energy-i...

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