Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to incentivise new onshore wind projects.

The Government is providing ongoing support to onshore wind via the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. In July 2022, the results of allocation round four of the CfD were published. Onshore wind secured support for almost 900MW of capacity. There will be annual CfD auctions to accelerate low carbon electricity generation from 2023. Furthermore, as set out in the British Energy Security Strategy the Government will consult this year on developing local partnerships for supportive communities in England who wish to host new onshore wind infrastructure in return for benefits, such as lower energy bills.