Military Bases: Carbon Capture and Storage
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 135 of his Department's document entitled Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made in building energy infrastructure for carbon sequestration on the Ministry of Defence's estate.
Answered by Luke Pollard
The Strategic Defence Review 2025 recommends building energy infrastructure on the Defence estate and/or using it for carbon sequestration. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is actively exploring carbon sequestration opportunities as part of its efforts to meet the UK Government's Net Zero target by 2050.
Under the Army’s ‘Project Prometheus’ launched in February 2023, solar assets have already saved an estimated 636 CO2 tonnes. Two new ground mounted projects are currently in construction on the Defence estate, and another was contracted in late September 2025.
The MOD also has a number of roof top solar projects scheduled for delivery across the Defence estate in the next 12 months, as well as a programme targeting up to 15 additional renewable energy infrastructure projects in partnership with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, allowing energy bill savings to be redirected towards vital Defence spending.
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