Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 111258

Renewable Energy: Bitcoin

Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Gurinder Singh Josan

LabourSmethwick

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using wasted and stranded renewable energy to mine bitcoin as an alternative DSR capability.

Answer

Michael Shanks
No such assessment has been made.