Proceeding contribution from Lord Marland (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Electricity Market Reform.
Electricity Market Reform
I do not think my noble friend can take that from our Statement. The reality is that onshore wind does divide communities—my noble friend puts his finger on it—and it therefore becomes an issue for local communities to decide through the local planning process whether they want it. A large number of local communities in Scotland are embracing onshore wind whereas a number of communities in this country—I am sure my noble friend Lord Reay’s community is one of them—do not want to embrace it. The reality is that the Government have a target. Two-thirds of that target for onshore wind is either met or is in the process of being met so there is a very limited amount of headroom. Our real push is to get offshore wind up to the target we wish to achieve.
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- Carbon capture and storage Electricity generation Ofgem Electricity Power stations Prices Microgeneration Renewable energy Taxation Seas and oceans Wind power Carbon emissions Fossil fuelled power stations Ofgem Review
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