VoteClimate: Local Electricity Generation - 25th May 2021

Local Electricity Generation - 25th May 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Local Electricity Generation.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-05-25/debates/93476FC3-3A3D-4D3E-A5B8-8D260145856A/LocalElectricityGeneration

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng)

We are providing support for the delivery of renewable energy projects within rural communities in England through the £10 million rural community energy fund programme.

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Mr Robertson

I thank the Minister for that response. Does he agree that the production of electricity locally could help a great deal towards our net zero target? Will he also look at the situation in my constituency of Tewkesbury, where two rivers, the Avon and the Severn, join? The Severn would, I think, be particularly useful in producing electricity if we could get the schemes in place. Will he look at that and perhaps explore the possibilities?

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