Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 58133

Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

Tabled: 6 June 2025

Answered: 16 June 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will set out how the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan will take into account the distribution of (a) seagrasses and (b) other blue carbon stores when determining the (i) optimal locations,

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) will treat blue carbon stores, such as seagrass beds, saltmarshes and subtidal/intertidal biogenic reefs, as environmental constraints in its spatial evaluation framework. It will draw on datasets such as NIRAS’s M...

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