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Wind Power: Radar

Commons · Question 123841 · Tabled 25 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 17 Apr 2026

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Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled New radar systems to unlock offshore wind, published on 20th March 2026, what estimate he has made of how much of the 10 GW of offsho

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 17 Apr 2026

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Ministry of Defence carried out in-depth analysis of the UK’s offshore wind pipeline to understand which offshore wind farms had radar dependencies and would be unlocked by an upgraded air defence ra...