North Wales MS Mark Isherwood has questioned the Environment Minister over actions being taken to maximise green projects and greener fuels in North Wales.

In today’s meeting of the Welsh Parliament, Mr Isherwood referred to the funding announced in the UK Budget last week to turbocharge a green recovery in Wales and asked how the Welsh Government is engaging with green projects in North Wales which will benefit from the funding.

He said:

“In last week's UK budget the Chancellor announced more than £93 million of investment to turbocharge a green recovery in Wales and accelerate the creation of nearly 13,000 jobs here.

“This includes accelerated funding for the North Wales Growth Deal, which includes the Morlais tidal demonstration zone off the coast of Anglesey, and extra funding for a new Hydrogen Hub at the Port of Holyhead, being managed and developed by Menter Môn, the social enterprise behind the Morlais tidal demonstration project, whose managing Director said: “This is excellent news and a huge boost to the project in Holyhead. With the increasing focus on decarbonisation the aim will be to create green hydrogen from renewables including from Morlais, our own tidal stream energy project off the coast of Holy Island.”

“The UK Budget also included Millions for the development of both Energy Storage Technologies, and new technologies and products that will feed into the establishment and rollout of the floating offshore wind industry.

“How will the Welsh Government engage with these projects to maximise the opportunity for Wales that they represent?”

The Minister said she is looking forward to continuing to work with Menter Môn to maximise the opportunities for hydrogen in Holyhead and said there has been a great deal of interest, particularly in north-west Wales, from off-shore wind developers.