Asked by: David Johnston (Conservative - Wantage)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to the development of space based solar power.
Answered by George Freeman
A report which includes some of those potential merits is available on the Government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-based-solar-power-de-risking-the-pathway-to-net-zero.
Asked by: David Johnston (Conservative - Wantage)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
What steps his Department is taking to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng
My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution will turbo-charge our path to net zero with £12 billion of government investment. Yesterday, we published our ambitious Energy White Paper, and will publish further plans to decarbonise key sectors of the economy ahead of COP26, including our Net Zero Strategy.