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Geothermal Power: Heating

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 126631, tabled on 21 February 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the development of geothermal energy as part of sustainable energy solutions for heating buildings and homes.

Answered on

3 March 2022

The recently published Heat and Buildings Strategy acknowledges the potential of geothermal energy and sets out the Government’s commitment to continue to monitor developments in geothermal heat in the UK and assess whether the technology provides a cost-effective option for the future.

Officials are therefore currently reaching out to industry involved in the deep geothermal sector to improve the Government’s understanding of the barriers for investment and the potential of a geothermal heat pipeline. The Government will use this information to identify the next steps that can be taken both by government and industry to realise the potential of the sector for decarbonising heat.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy