Renewable Energy: Private Sector Investment - 15th July 2025

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Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-07-15/debates/33116DB3-B623-4687-B654-87B9B84434A2/RenewableEnergyPrivateSectorInvestment

Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat)

13. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of mechanisms to encourage private sector investment in renewable energy sources.

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Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat)

Private sector investment via community energy schemes is a popular way of engaging people to get behind renewable energy projects in their area. A great example is Meadow Blue Community Energy in my constituency of Chichester, which puts money back into the community with a grant scheme and is now funding solar panels on local school roofs. Does the Secretary of State agree that community energy projects would attract more private sector investment if grid access costs were reduced and the delivery of local supply was made easier?

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