Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans
Commons · Question 32432 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that the deployment of offshore renewables is not detrimental to blue carbon stores.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 3 Mar 2025
The Government is committed to delivering clean power by 2030, to accelerating to net zero and to restoring nature. The Government needs to ensure that the UK’s marine ecosystems are healthy and capturing and storing carbon too. This means that new energy...