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Proceeding contribution from Lord Willoughby de Broke (UK Independence Party) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 11 March 2010. It occurred during Debate on Draft National Policy Statement for Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure (EN-2).

Draft National Policy Statement for Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure (EN-2)

Whatever the EU policy is, we seem to have bought into it. The Government have chosen to use wind as a method of reaching the EU renewables target. I will turn briefly to biomass, which was mentioned by my noble friend Lord Reay. When we debated EN-1, I asked the Minister what the state of play was with Drax and biomass. He said that he had had a meeting that morning with the chief executive of Drax. I can guess how the conversation went. I expect that she wanted more taxpayers’ money to make biomass plants viable.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
718 c161GC 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Coal fired power stations Carbon capture and storage Electricity generation Electricity Infrastructure Electric cables Oil Planning permission Planning Natural gas Parliamentary scrutiny Pipelines Storage Renewable energy Wind power National grid Fossil fuelled power stations Liquefied natural gas Infrastructure Planning Commission National policy statements
Link
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