Written question asked by Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 26 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 May 2002. It was answered by Brian Wilson (Labour) on Thursday, 9 May 2002 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment she has made of the impact on the total level of generation from electricity from coal mine methane sold via licensed electricity suppliers of its exemption from the Climate Change Levy. - Inc figures.

Answer: Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the impact on the total level of generation from electricity from coal mine methane sold via licensed electricity suppliers of its exemption from the climate change levy. [53731] Mr. Wilson: The Government do not have their own estimate for the extra sites which would be developed as a result of the CCL exemption, but the Association of Coal Mine Methane Operators has estimated that around 30 new sites could be made viable as a result. It is for the operators to respond to the incentive that has been provided, but if all the association projects went ahead this would add something in the region of 175 MW of electricity generating capacity with the electricity produced per annum totalling about 1.4 terawatt hours.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 53731; 385 c279W;385 c279-80W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Coal Climate change levy Electricity generation Electricity Exemptions Markets Methane
Contains statistics: Yes
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