Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 475

Wind Power: Tilbury

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an underground first approach to new electricity infrastructure connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to Tilbury.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Proposed changes to the energy National Policy Statements (NPSs) were consulted on between 30 March 2023 to 23 June 2023 under the previous government. Following this a revised version of the National Policy Statement for electricity networks infrastructu...
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