Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 24105

Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

Tabled: 14 January 2025

Answered: 22 January 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) The Crown Estate to help ensure that the deployment of offshore energy does not negatively impact the marine environment.

Answer

Michael Shanks

The UK Government is committed to accelerating to net zero, delivering clean power by 2030, and to restoring nature. New energy infrastructure must be built in a way that protects the natural environment and supports nature recovery, by following a “mitig...

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