Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 112674

Renewable Energy: West Yorkshire

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 27 February 2026

Question

Imran Hussain

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding local renewable energy generation in Bradford and West Yorkshire.

Answer

Michael Shanks

This Government is hugely ambitious about the role that community energy will play in achieving our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower. On 10 February 2026, we announced the Local Power Plan: a joint DESNZ-Great British Energy (GBE) publica...

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