Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has to sponsor alternative green energy projects in Wales in the next 12 months.

We know that Wales is experiencing benefits from green energy projects. Figures published by BIS in The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy (March 2015) [1] report show that in 2013, 17,300 people were employed in the low carbon energy sectors in Wales.

Figures published by DECC in the March 2015 update to Energy Trends [2] show that in 2014, Wales’ renewable electricity generation increased by 31%, and formed 5.4% of the UK’s total renewable electricity generation.

In respect of the next 12 months, deployment timelines for specific projects are a commercial matter for developers.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415976/ET_Mar_15.PDF