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Renewable Energy: Infrastructure

Commons · Question 24849 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK renewable energy infrastructure is not widely owned by companies owned by foreign governments.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 28 Jan 2025

As an open economy, we welcome foreign trade and investment where it supports growth and jobs in the UK and meets our legal and regulatory requirements. We work closely with industry to build secure supply chains and back UK businesses. The government has...