PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans (14 March 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of floating offshore wind deployment required by 2035 to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

By 2035, all our electricity will need to come from low carbon sources, subject to security of supply. A low-cost, net zero consistent electricity system is most likely to be composed predominantly of wind (fixed bottom and floating) and solar generation. The UK is already generating enough electricity from offshore wind to power every home in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland twice over.

To help keep us on track for our Carbon Budget 6 and net zero targets we will need to deploy substantial volumes of floating offshore wind. Our 2030 target for floating offshore wind is a stepping stone to further growth in the UK, which will develop opportunities in the associated industrial supply chain putting us at the forefront of this new technology.

Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
18 March 2022