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2006-07
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 144W, on Power Stations: Peterhead, what additional sequestration projects might be approved in the next (a) three months and (b) six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 144W, on Power Stations: Peterhead, what additional sequestration projects might be approved in the next (a) three months and (b) six months.
Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Labour)
Answered by
Malcolm Wicks
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 July 2007
For answer on
5 July 2007
Answered on
5 July 2007
None. Any project/s which go ahead following the competition to build the UK’s first commercial-scale demonstration of Carbon Capture and Storage, announced in Budget 2007, will have to satisfy the relevant regulatory, planning and environmental requirements. In addition, the Energy White Paper committed Government to consult on what its power station consents policy should be with regard to carbon-capture readiness by the end of the year.
Subjects
Power stations; Peterhead
Date
5 July 2007
Reference
462 c1120-1W; 147821
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will assess the likely effects of the proposals in the Government's White Paper on Energy on the planning of the 90 per cent. carbon free power station at Peterhead.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will assess the likely effects of the proposals in the Government's White Paper on Energy on the planning of the 90 per cent. carbon free power station at Peterhead.
Asked by
Lord Field of Birkenhead
(Labour)
Answered by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 June 2007
For answer on
25 June 2007
Answered on
25 June 2007
The Energy White Paper announced that a competition will be launched in November 2007 to develop the UK's first commercial scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage technologies on a power generation facility. This will contribute to the UK's emission reduction targets while also demonstrating the technology to an international audience in support of the Government's wider climate change objectives.Since publication of the Energy White Paper BP have announced their withdrawal from the Peterhead project. We are aware that several other companies remain interested in participating in the competition and we are keen to see other projects come forward as the competition develops.The decision on planning consent for a particular case is a matter for the relevant competent authority and in the case of Peterhead that is Scottish Ministers under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989. I understand they gave approval to the proposal on 14 June this year.
Subjects
Power stations; Peterhead
Date
25 June 2007
Reference
462 c144-5W; 144900
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the future of the Peterhead carbon capture project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the future of the Peterhead carbon capture project.
Asked by
Mike Weir
(Scottish National Party)
Answered by
Douglas Alexander
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 June 2007
For answer on
12 June 2007
Answered on
12 June 2007
I discuss a wide range of subjects with ministerial colleagues on a regular basis.
Subjects
Carbon capture and storage; Peterhead
Date
12 June 2007
Reference
140965; 461 c920W
House
House of Commons
But as we have seen, the White Paper may lead to a loss of investor confidence. We have lost the carbon capture and storage project in Peterhead. We need clarity from the Government for investors. To that end, will the Minister rule out entirely any liability for nuclear waste or nuclear decommissioning from new generation plant falling on the public sector?
But as we have seen, the White Paper may lead to a loss of investor confidence. We have lost the carbon capture and storage project in Peterhead. We need clarity from the Government for investors. To that end, will the Minister rule out entirely any liability for nuclear waste or nuclear decommissioning from new generation plant falling on the public sector?
Asked by
Robert Smith
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
12 June 2007
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry said at the Dispatch Box on Thursday, in response to a question from the hon. Gentleman, I think, we are sorry that BP is not going to continue with the competition, but there are seven other important players in that competition. It was never the case that the Government could simply hand out the necessary awards to one particular company. Even if BP had stayed in with the Peterhead project, there is no guarantee that it would have won the competition in any event. However, the Government’s position on new nuclear build was set out comprehensively in the White Paper. It is not for the Government to build nuclear power stations. It is for industry to come forward to Government and say that it would like to build a new nuclear power station. At that point, the discussions can take place.
Subjects
Carbon capture and storage; Energy; Nuclear power stations; Scotland; British Petroleum; Peterhead
Date
12 June 2007
Reference
461 c643
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That last point is exactly why it is so important to make progress with CCS. The point about Peterhead is that it was years ahead of any other project in this country. The White Paper says that a competition will be launched this year and the full chain will start to be demonstrated at some point between 2011 and 2014. Can the Secretary of State give us some idea of when any new project from that competition will reach the stage that BP had already reached at Peterhead?
That last point is exactly why it is so important to make progress with CCS. The point about Peterhead is that it was years ahead of any other project in this country. The White Paper says that a competition will be launched this year and the full chain will start to be demonstrated at some point between 2011 and 2014. Can the Secretary of State give us some idea of when any new project from that competition will reach the stage that BP had already reached at Peterhead?
Asked by
Mike Weir
(Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
7 June 2007
The hon. Gentleman knows that although BP had done a lot of preliminary work and spent quite a bit of money, it was still in the foothills of development of the whole process. Other companies were doing exactly the same work. I understand why the hon. Gentleman, representing the constituency that he does, and the leader of his party, as the local MP, were keen to see BP proceed, and I am sorry that it has withdrawn. However, as I said yesterday, it is not open to the Government to hand over a contract of this value without being satisfied that we have considered all the possibilities. That is what we are doing and that is the right way to proceed.
Subjects
Carbon capture and storage; British Petroleum; Peterhead
Date
7 June 2007
Reference
461 c383
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons