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Energy Bill

I am grateful to my noble friend for the line he is taking. This is very helpful. Had I been a little quicker, I might have been able to ask him about these points. What money has been made available through, as it were, traditional forms of industrial development support for such projects; and is there any evidence of failure to obtain that money? Perhaps he could also let us know if venture capital or business angels have been willing to support this type of project, which I think we all consider to be laudable. One gets the impression that a special case is being made on behalf of renewables, whereas in fact they are competing with a lot of other technologies that are in a nascent forum, not necessarily related to energy generation, but which want to get VC, angel or government support. Is there any evidence that renewable technology is being discriminated against? Therefore, the case for additional ROCs—assistance of the kind that has been asked for—is in fact necessary.