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Ports: Electrification

Commons · Question 13494 · Tabled 11 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to develop the electrification of ports.

Answer

Answered by Mike Kane, 19 Nov 2024

The new Government’s manifesto made it clear that the “grid has become the single biggest obstacle to the deployment of cheap, clean power generation and the electrification of industry.” My Department meets regularly with ports and District Network Oper...