Energy Security 2022-11-23

2022-11-23

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Off-grid energy users in Wales are facing rising costs and market instability. Constituents rely on renewable energy sources like the Blue Eden lagoon project.
Off-grid households in Wales, including many in my constituency, are still waiting for an announcement on how they will receive support with rising costs. People who rely on off-grid energy are hostages to what has become an increasingly unstable market, and it is only set to get worse. Does the Minister believe that, where the previous Government have failed, it is finally time for this Government to back new renewable energy, such as Swansea Council's Blue Eden lagoon project?
I thank the hon. Lady for her question. I would be interested to read more about the Blue Eden project, which I understand has had community renewal funding to look at the prospect of it progressing. I will certainly follow it with great interest.
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The specific support and commitment requested for backing new renewable energy projects was not addressed.
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Q2 Partial Answer
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Port Talbot and Milford Haven are launching a joint freeport bid to deliver floating offshore wind industry in the Celtic Sea.
At the Welsh Affairs Committee this morning, we heard from the Minister for Energy and Climate on the enormous potential of floating offshore wind to contribute to UK energy security. On a day when Port Talbot and Milford Haven are launching their joint freeport bid to deliver this new industry, I urge my hon. Friend to throw his weight behind unleashing the potential of floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea.
I thank my right hon. Friend for the question. I had a meeting yesterday with a developer who is interested in floating offshore wind, which has the potential to contribute massively to the renewable energy requirements of this country, and south-west Wales is key to that.
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The specific support requested for throwing weight behind floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea was not addressed with a clear commitment.
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