Renewable Energy
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum gigawatt targets for (i) local energy and (ii) community energy projects.
Answered by Michael Shanks
This Government is hugely ambitious about the role that local and community energy will play in achieving our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower.
On 10 February 2026, Great British Energy and the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero published the Local Power Plan which sets out the UK’s largest ever public investment in community energy. Backed by up to £1 billion, the Local Power Plan aims to support more than 1,000 local and community energy projects by 2030.
As set out in its Strategic Plan in December 2025, Great British Energy has an aim to deliver 15GW in clean energy generation and storage capacity over the next 5 years.
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