Navy: Electric Vehicles
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of the next class of ship to be developed by the Royal Navy to have electric engines.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The UK has committed to reducing its contribution to global warming by setting a target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. All future shipbuilding programmes will therefore investigate alternative power and propulsion options and energy efficiencies within their designs as well as technologies for measuring and optimising power consumption. Importantly, as well as cutting carbon this improves the warfighting resilience of our platforms.
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