Question follow-through · 42431
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to set targets for the building of new (a) pumped storage hydroelectricity systems, (b) solar panels and (c) flywheel energy storage systems.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to set targets for the building of new (a) pumped storage hydroelectricity systems, (b) solar panels and (c) flywheel energy storage systems.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan provides a ‘Clean Power Capacity Range’ as a foundation to guide rapid policy development and focus delivery, based on scenarios that meet our Clean Power ambitions. There is a breakdown of capacity ranges for the differen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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National Grid: Data Centres
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many datacentres are currently in the queue to connect to the National Grid, and what the average expected connection wait time is.