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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Renewable Energy: Job Creation

Tuesday 12 November 2024 · 3 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 3 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Ministerial commitment to job creation in the renewable energy sector.
  • Funding for 11 hydrogen projects aimed at driving jobs and growth.
  • Interest in hearing more about green technology projects involving hydro-turbine manufacturers and farmers.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Andrew Pakes Labour (Co-op) Peterborough
Employment Climate Energy
Context

The MP is concerned about job opportunities in Peterborough, a city with potential for clean energy development.

Question

What steps she is taking to support job creation in the renewable energy sector. I am delighted with my hon. Friend's commitment to delivering clean energy jobs. It is important to constituencies such as mine in Peterborough, which could be the King's Cross for a new core hydrogen network—as recommended by the National Infrastructure Commission—thanks to National Gas's Project Union. We are about to open a new green technology centre.

Answer from Sarah Jones

I completely agree with my hon. Friend's sentiment and commend the work that he is doing in his constituency. Low carbon technology will play a critical role in our future, from hydrogen to renewable energy. I am pleased that we funded 11 hydrogen projects which will drive jobs and growth.

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Not addressed: Commitment to working with local authorities, colleges, and businesses was not specifically addressed

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Q2 Andrew Pakes Labour (Co-op) Peterborough
Climate Energy
Context

The MP is concerned about job opportunities in Peterborough, a city with potential for clean energy development.

Question

I am also delighted with my hon. Friend's commitment to delivering clean energy jobs. It is important to constituencies such as mine in Peterborough, which could be the King's Cross for a new core hydrogen network—as recommended by the National Infrastructure Commission—thanks to National Gas's Project Union. We are about to open a new green technology centre.

Answer from Sarah Jones

I completely agree with my hon. Friend's sentiment and commend the work that he is doing in his constituency. Low carbon technology will play a critical role in our future, from hydrogen to renewable energy. I am pleased that we funded 11 hydrogen projects which will drive jobs and growth.

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Q3 Tim Farron Lib Dem Westmorland and Lonsdale
Employment Climate
Context

The MP is concerned about safeguarding and creating new jobs in the renewable energy sector, specifically mentioning a project involving Gilkes and farmers.

Question

In order to safeguard renewable jobs and to create new ones, will the Minister consider a specific project that has hydro-turbine manufacturers such as Gilkes in Kendal, and many others around the country, working alongside our farmers to make use of streams, becks and rivers that go through farmland to create renewable industry and, indeed, new jobs?

Answer from Sarah Jones

We are ambitious to create all the jobs that we want to see in the green technologies of the future. I would be very interested to hear more about what the hon. Gentleman has to say. The Climate Change Committee estimates that up to 750,000 net jobs could be created by 2030.

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Not addressed: Consideration of a specific project involving hydro-turbine manufacturers and local farmers was not specifically addressed

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