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1544092

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed fast-track planning for offshore wind on the marine environment.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	92064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fast Track process will reduce formal consenting times for high quality offshore wind farm development consent order applications from 17-months to 12-months. In the British Energy Security Strategy the Government strengthened the National Policy Statements and implemented a new Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package, which introduces strategic compensation, a Marine Recovery Fund and a more strategic approach to Habitats Regulation Assessments. This will allow the UK to accelerate offshore wind deployment needed to meet our 50GW by 2030 ambition, while maintaining protection and improving the natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/11/2022 17:27:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1472035

registered interest
date	21/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the cost of curtailment to consumers in the event that the 2030 50GW target for offshore wind is met.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	22331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Delivering on the Government's ambition for 50GW of offshore wind by 2030 is key to achieving net zero. Network capacity must be increased in line with this additional cheap, green generation to avoid increased costs of curtailment. This will require more infrastructure, both onshore and offshore, than today.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/06/2022 14:30:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1422874

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total capacity is of offshore wind projects in UK waters that are (a) in operation and (b) in construction as of 18 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	124947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in offshore wind. There is around 11GW of offshore wind currently operational in the UK. A further 8.5GW is currently under construction and is expected to be operational by the mid-2020s. These projects will help the country reach the target of 40GW by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 17:21:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1327860

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2021 to Question 2856, what assessment his Department has made of the potential pipeline of floating wind projects which could be developed by (a) 2030 and (b) 2040.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	7072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has a target of 1GW of floating wind by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the (operational) Hywind and (under construction) Kincardine projects, there are a number of projects at an earlier stage of development – Blyth, Erebus and Pentland.</p><p> </p><p>The current ScotWind seabed leasing process is expected to result in a number of potential floating wind projects. The number, size and locations of potential projects will not be known until the ScotWind process is completed.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate is currently designing new seabed leasing for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea, focusing on projects of 300MW. The number, size and locations of potential projects will not be known until the process is completed.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 07/06/2021 13:30:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1327861

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applicants submitted proposals to the offshore wind manufacturing investment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	7073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>On 6 October my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced £160m to support offshore wind and infrastructure across the UK. We announced in March an investment of up to £75m for developing port infrastructure on the Humber and up to £20m for further investment on Teesside.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government also launched the Offshore Wind Investment Programme on the 22 February to support the delivery of manufacturing investment in the offshore wind supply chain. Whilst the scheme is still running I cannot comment further.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 07/06/2021 13:29:18 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1315890

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of developing (a) 2GW of floating wind by 2030 and (b) 16GW of floating wind by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	2856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>One of the key priorities of this Government is putting in place policies to support a significant growth of offshore wind to 2030 and beyond. Within this, we are committed to supporting the development of floating offshore wind, as reflected by our ambitious target of 1GW of floating wind by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has regular discussions with members of the floating offshore wind sector. Floating offshore wind projects will be eligible to bid in the next Contract for Difference allocation round, which will open in December 2021. This approach will provide the foundation for investment in a sustainable, competitive UK based supply chain from which we will learn to help plan our future approach and the feasible scale of ramp up of deployment.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 2857 question first answered 24/05/2021 13:18:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1315891

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the floating wind industry on the potential economic benefits of setting a target of 16GW of floating wind by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	2857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>One of the key priorities of this Government is putting in place policies to support a significant growth of offshore wind to 2030 and beyond. Within this, we are committed to supporting the development of floating offshore wind, as reflected by our ambitious target of 1GW of floating wind by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has regular discussions with members of the floating offshore wind sector. Floating offshore wind projects will be eligible to bid in the next Contract for Difference allocation round, which will open in December 2021. This approach will provide the foundation for investment in a sustainable, competitive UK based supply chain from which we will learn to help plan our future approach and the feasible scale of ramp up of deployment.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan grouped question UIN 2856 question first answered 24/05/2021 13:18:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1199820

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to establish a (a) unified or (b) nodal offshore wind transmission system.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The current approach to offshore wind development allows developers to choose where and when to construct windfarms. Developers can also choose to build the associated transmission assets to bring the energy to shore, before they are tendered by Ofgem to a third party to own and operate. This developer led and competitive approach has led to significant savings for the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>This approach was designed at a time when offshore wind was a nascent sector and industry expectation for deployment was much lower. However, in the context of increasingly ambitious targets for offshore wind the current approach to development of transmission assets may not be appropriate and could become a major barrier to delivery.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials are working together with key stakeholders, including Ofgem, National Grid Electricity System Operator and The Crown Estate, to consider an appropriate framework for offshore transmission to support increased ambition for offshore wind.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 16:03:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

873684

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential for offshore wind to deliver significant electricity system cost reductions by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	134798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Competitive auctions under the Contracts for Difference scheme have successfully delivered substantial new investment and seen the clearing price for offshore wind halve since 2015. This means that we are buying more offshore wind for less and reducing the cost burden of decarbonising our electricity system for consumers. In the Clean Growth Strategy we announced that we would support 10 gigawatts or more of new offshore wind capacity to be built in the 2020s provided costs continue to fall and this remains cost effective.</p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the potential for offshore wind to deliver significant electricity system cost reductions by 2030. However, we are committed to developing a more secure grid which will help keep prices low for consumers and integrate clean generation<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/04/2018 12:44:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead