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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) 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)

I will respond later, but I want to make it clear with regard to wave and tidal that the reason, as I stated in my opening address, is that we are nowhere near getting an application that would go above the threshold that will fall to the IPC. We therefore do not think it necessary at this stage to produce a draft national policy statement. There is emerging evidence that some of the prototypes are now looking pretty promising, and I assure the Committee that we will consider preparing an NPS. If an application were to come forward, I would certainly hope that an NPS would then be ready.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
718 c162-3GC 
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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