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Anaerobic Digestion: Infrastructure

Asked by Mr Toby PerkinsLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 45572

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of designating anaerobic digestion plants as critical national infrastructure.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Department recognises the importance of anaerobic digestion plants. Where low carbon energy infrastructure, including anaerobic digestion plants, meets the threshold for being a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, the National Policy Statements already define such projects as being of Critical National Priority.

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