Every parliamentary written question tabled by Luke Charters this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of battery energy storage systems.
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) have a key role in cost-effectively decarbonising the power sector by 2030. They help to balance the electricity system at lower cost by maximising the output from intermittent low carbon generation (such as solar and...
If his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Future Home Standard on National Grid capacity.
The Government is committed to expanding the electricity network to support the Clean Energy Superpower mission and is working closely with Ofgem and industry to mobilise the required investment at the scale and pace required. Price controls set by Ofgem ...
When his Department plans to next update the National Policy Statement for energy infrastructure; and whether that update will include battery storage as significant energy infrastructure.
The Chancellor committed to Government updating relevant National Policy Statements (NPSs) for infrastructure within 12-months and this includes reviewing the energy NPSs.This Government recognises that batteries have a key role to play in decarbonising t...
What assessment his Department have made of the potential impact of retrofitting new homes on net zero targets.
The Government has dual ambitions of delivering 1.5 million new homes by the end of this Parliament and achieving clean power by 2030. These objectives are not mutually exclusive, and with good planning and smart design we can build the high quality, low ...
What steps his Department is taking to work with local authorities on implementing the warm homes plan.
On 23rd September the Secretary of State announced the Warm Homes: Local Grant which will provide energy performance measures and low carbon heating to low-income households in England. The scheme will allocate funding to local authorities following the o...
What recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the transition to clean energy on (a) businesses and (b) consumer energy bills.
The Government believes that the only way to guarantee our energy security and protect billpayers permanently is to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels and towards homegrown clean energy. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and take back control of our energy security. A renewables-led system is the cheapest foundation for a decarbonised grid, and scaling up home-grown renewables reduces the UK’s exposure to volatile global fossil fuel prices, which protects consumer energy bills against future price shocks of the kind which helped drive increases in the electricity price cap of over £1,300 for a typical household during Winter 2022/23.
If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of artificial intelligence for reducing emissions.
The Department is funding the “Artificial Intelligence for Decarbonisation's Virtual Centre of Excellence” (ADViCE), run by consortium composed of the Alan Turing Centre, the Energy Catapult and the Digital Catapult, to make an assessment into how AI can be used to achieve our net zero goals. They have produced two reports which can be downloaded here: https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/advice.