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Renewable Energy

Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 22350, tabled on 17 April 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding (a) community and (b) co-operative ownership in the renewable energy sector.

Answered on

22 April 2024

Government recognises the role community groups play in our efforts to tackle climate change and offers support through the £10m Community Energy Fund, which enables both rural and urban communities across England to access grant funding to develop local renewable energy projects for investment.

In addition, a Call for Evidence on the barriers to community energy projects was published on 8 April 2024.

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