AQW 16965/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 26/03/2021
Answered On Date: 19/04/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether a complete and unedited version of the Northern Ireland Energy Strategy 2050, published by the University of Exeter, will be made available to Assembly Members.

Answer:

The University of Exeter did not write a report on the Northern Ireland Energy Strategy 2050. They completed an academic think-piece on ‘Energy governance for the Northern Ireland energy transition’.

On 31 March 2021, I published a policy options consultation for a new Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland. This will be used to inform the final Strategy, which I plan to bring to the Executive for approval by the end of this year.

The report to which the member refers has been published and is available from the University of Exeter’s website.