Carbon Emissions
(asked on 9th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions that will have been saved by 2030 by (1) the removal of the ban on onshore wind turbines, (2) the increase in offshore wind generation, (3) the increase in solar power generation, and (4) Great British Energy.
According to the National Energy System Operator's independent analysis, plans to achieve Clean Power by 2030 will reduce emissions by over 31MtCO2 per year by 2030, compared to 2023 levels. It is not possible to disaggregate emissions savings by technology or policy as their impacts are interconnected. As such, figures tend to cover the power sector as a whole, in line with the reporting approach taken by the Climate Change Committee.