| Heading: |
Geothermal Power |
| Question ID: |
1809910 |
| UIN: |
57847 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5208 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Perran Moon
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| Asking Member handle: |
perran4crh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@perran4crh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to assess the UK’s economically recoverable reserves of geothermal energy. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-13 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Government has supported research on geothermal in which some assessment of the UK potential is made. This includes funding a 2023 evidence-based assessment of the UK opportunity (https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-report-assesses-deep-geothermal-energy-i... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |