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Electric Cables: Costs

Asked by Dave DooganScottish National PartyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 6 February 2025UIN 28063

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the relative costs per km of (a) overhead, (b) underground and (c) offshore electricity transmission cables in the last 12 months.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Government keeps abreast of the various technologies that can be used to help us achieve clean power by 2030, including the various means of laying cable, but has not yet made an estimate of the relative costs of cabling in the last 12 months.

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