Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 43745
Heat Pumps: Dover and Deal
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 11 April 2025
Question
Mike Tapp
Labour — Dover and Deal
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using disused mine shafts for clean energy creation using heat pump technology in Dover and Deal constituency.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehTo achieve net zero at lowest cost, we must look at how to accelerate all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The mine water from coal mines shows good potential as a renewable source for heat networks. The government is therefore supporting min...
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