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Written Question
National Grid: Carbon Emissions
Tuesday 17th September 2024

Asked by: Andrew Bowie (Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the tonnes of copper that will be required to decarbonise the National Grid by 2030.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Significant infrastructure investment is required to meet the Government’s mission for clean power by 2030 and accelerate to net zero. The equipment, such as cables and transformers, to enable transformation of the grid will be reliant on copper and its associated supply chain. We also recognise the vital role of copper in making wind power possible.

The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade and delivered by the British Geological Survey, is undertaking studies to forecast the UK’s demand for critical minerals including copper in our clean energy technologies and energy infrastructure. They will be published later this year.


Written Question
National Grid: Carbon Emissions
Tuesday 17th September 2024

Asked by: Andrew Bowie (Conservative - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of decarbonising the grid by 2030 on demand for copper.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Significant infrastructure investment is required to meet the Government’s mission for clean power by 2030 and accelerate to net zero. The equipment, such as cables and transformers, to enable transformation of the grid will be reliant on copper and its associated supply chain. We also recognise the vital role of copper in making wind power possible.

The Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade and delivered by the British Geological Survey, is undertaking studies to forecast the UK’s demand for critical minerals including copper in our clean energy technologies and energy infrastructure. They will be published later this year.


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Recovered appeal: Portland Port, Castletown, Portland, Dorset (ref 3327692 - 16 September 2024)
Document: (PDF)

Found: grid under conditions imposed by an export agreement.


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Environment Agency

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: HU7 0YW, Cranswick Convenience Foods Limited: environmental permit issued – EPR/KP3733AN/V006
Document: (PDF)

Found: located within the Sutton Fields Industrial Estate approximately 3.5km north of Kingston Upon Hull, at national


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) and Green Gas Levy (GGL): evaluation
Document: (PDF)

Found: nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open -government -licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National


Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Report 10/2024: Overspeed at Spital Junction, Peterborough
Document: R102024_240916_Peterborough (PDF)

Found: It was also noted that it would introduce a precedent which may lead to a national implementation.


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Report 10/2024: Overspeed at Spital Junction, Peterborough
Document: R102024_240916_Peterborough (PDF)

Found: It was also noted that it would introduce a precedent which may lead to a national implementation.


Deposited Papers

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Great British Energy founding statement. 14p.
Document: great-british-energy-founding-statement.pdf (PDF)

Found: help drive the innovation and investment required to transform our power system and decarbonise the grid


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Environment Agency

Sep. 13 2024

Source Page: Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd
Document: Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd (webpage)

Found: Power from this process will be exported to the National Grid.


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Sep. 13 2024

Source Page: New publicly owned National Energy System Operator to pave the way to a clean energy future
Document: New publicly owned National Energy System Operator to pave the way to a clean energy future (webpage)

Found: New publicly owned National Energy System Operator to pave the way to a clean energy future