Question follow-through · 4774

Biofuels: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost per household of government support for biomass in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 11 Sept 2024
Answer: 17 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost per household of government support for biomass in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
Government provides support for biomass, for the purpose of heat and power generation, through active and legacy policy schemes, such as the Renewables Obligation (RO) and the Contracts for Difference (CfD). The annual cost of support is dependent on vari...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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