Question follow-through · 10594
Renewable Energy: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of importing renewable energy from the Global South if there is a gap in domestic green power supply.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of importing renewable energy from the Global South if there is a gap in domestic green power supply.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2024
Answer published
Interconnectors are the physical assets that enable electricity to be traded between GB and energy markets in other jurisdictions. We are currently trading electricity, including renewable generation, from Europe via nine interconnectors. The Government c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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