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Hydroelectric Power: Historic Buildings

Asked by Jonathan DaviesLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 7 March 2025UIN 34499

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using development hydropower on the sites of established historic watermills.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Officials continue to engage with the British Hydropower Association regarding the future role the UK’s remaining small-scale hydropower resource, including sites of historic watermills, can play in the UK energy system.

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