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Proceeding contribution from Lord Dixon-Smith (Conservative) 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)

My Lords, I apologise for interrupting the Minister yet again, but we need to clarify one issue. The reality is that wind is in a very privileged position in that it receives a very high level of subsidy that is not necessarily provided to other sectors. Nuclear, for instance, is expected to stand on its own feet. Both are equally carbon emissions-free. The solution ought to be to rectify the carbon market so that the price of carbon is real and so that all the different sectors can compete on an equal basis. At the moment, we do not have that. Will the Minister speculate a little on how soon we might achieve that sort of balance, which is vital?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
718 c174GC 
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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