Proceeding contribution from Charles Hendry (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 1 December 2010. It occurred during Debate on National Policy Statements.
National Policy Statements
A number of gas powered plants were brought on stream. The last nuclear power station was Sizewell in the 1990s. There has not been a new clean coal plant yet because people need to know how the carbon abatement technology will move forward. Gas has been the fuel of choice: 60% of the consented plant—12 out of 20 GW—is gas. What people want to build remains to be seen, but there is significant interest. We now need the policies to drive this forward. I want rapidly to conclude my remarks with a few additional points—
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- Consumption Energy Electricity generation Energy supply Infrastructure Heating Oil Planning Natural gas Nuclear power Power stations Pollution control Policy Renewable energy National policy statements Sheffield Forgemasters
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