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Carbon Emissions: Housing

Asked by Llinos MediPlaid CymruDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 111261

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to help support the decarbonisation of off-grid homes including the uptake of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil in homes where heat-pump technology is not viable.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

The Government launched a consultation on 18 November to explore alternative clean heating solutions that may play a role in some homes, including renewable liquid fuels (RLFs) such as hydrotreated vegetable oil.

The consultation will run until 10 February.

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