Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 37370
Infrastructure
Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 19 March 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the threshold to qualify as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in line with technological progress.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Government has now introduced legislation to re-introduce onshore wind into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime for projects over 100MW and raise the existing solar threshold from 50MW to 100MW. This ensures onshore wind pr...
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