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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 have no quarrel with the decision in the short term. However, if we look at the targets that we have set ourselves for 2050, and if we consider that they are a proxy for the targets that Europe itself will have to set as a developed part of the world, we also have to recognise that that is a very vulnerable investment in the longer term. If we are to achieve what we have said we wish to achieve in this country, we will be literally almost out of gas by 2050.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
718 c176GC 
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
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk