Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change)

Organisations: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Net Zero Strategy
• carbon budgets
• low carbon generation
• energy retail markets
• oil and gas
• security of supply
• electricity and gas wholesale markets and networks
• international energy, climate change and climate finance
• energy security, including resilience
• hydrogen
• nuclear
• fusion
• industrial decarbonisation

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Greg Hands

   2021 to 2022

2. The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan

   2021 to 2021

3. The Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng

   2019 to 2021

Announcements

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• £3.3 million boost for next generation nuclear technology
  • 02 September 2022
  • Press release
• Renewable energy innovation boosted by £37 million government funding across the UK
  • 04 August 2022
  • Press release
• £400 energy bills discount to support households this winter
  • 29 July 2022
  • Press release
• Hydrogen Champion appointed as government accelerates UK hydrogen investment
  • 20 July 2022
  • Press release
• UK launches biggest electricity market reform in a generation
  • 18 July 2022
  • Press release
• Projects developing innovative carbon removal tech benefit from over £54 million government funding
  • 08 July 2022
  • Press release
• Biggest renewables auction accelerates move away from fossil fuels
  • 07 July 2022
  • Press release
• UK strengthens protections for taxpayers in energy treaty negotiations
  • 24 June 2022
  • Press release
• UK government orders network operators to improve storm responses
  • 09 June 2022
  • Press release
• Government invests over £31 million to help industry slash emissions and energy costs
  • 31 May 2022
  • Press release

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