Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Stephen Gilbert (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 29 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 46 members in total.

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DEEP GEOTHERMAL HEAT AND POWER

That this House recognises the UK is well-placed to harness deep geothermal technology to generate renewable heat and power, but requires urgent government support to enable the UK industry to catch up with Europe where over 400MW of power projects are in planning; notes that advances in technology are enabling development beyond traditional geographical areas with the potential to supply up to 10 per cent. of UK on-demand power; regrets however that 2010 grant support by the Department for Energy and Climate Change for the entire deep geothermal sector, both heat and power, has been cut in half and that the UK is one of the few countries in Europe where it is not possible to obtain exploration licences; and urges the Government to legislate for exploration licensing in the Energy Security and Green Economy Bill and to ensure adequate support of deep geothermal heat and power under the Renewables Obligation and inclusion in the Feed-In Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1100 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

Lord Whitehead

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Subjects

Renewable energy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk