Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 110137

Renewable Energy

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum gigawatt targets for (i) local energy and (ii) community energy projects.

Answer

Michael Shanks

This Government is hugely ambitious about the role that local and community energy will play in achieving our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. On 10 February 2026, Great British Energy and the Department for Energy Security & Net Zer...

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