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Renewable Energy: Bitcoin

Asked by Gurinder Singh JosanLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 13 February 2026UIN 111258

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using wasted and stranded renewable energy to mine bitcoin as an alternative DSR capability.

Answered by Michael Shanks

No such assessment has been made.

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