Electricity Generation: Renewable Energy
Commons · Question 11839 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Al Pinkerton
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of maintaining gas fired generation as backup capacity in a renewables led electricity system.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 30 Jun 2026
Clean Power means that by 2030, Great Britain will generate enough clean power to meet our total annual electricity demand, backed up by unabated gas supply to be used only when essential. The Capacity Market remains the government’s primary mechanism for...