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According to National Grid, on 26 December less than 1% of power generated into the national grid in Scotland came from wind, meaning that electricity
generated south of the border and the doubling of output from the coal-fired Longannet power station in Fife kept our lights on. The Minister will be aware that Iberdrola, the Spanish owner of ScottishPower, which operates Longannet, has decided not to invest to make it compliant with the industrial emissions directive and is now threatening to announce the closure of that power station next week, jeopardising hundreds of skilled jobs. Given Iberdrola’s public statements, what discussions has the Minister had with the Spanish power company or National Grid about the implications of potential closure?
According to National Grid, on 26 December less than 1% of power generated into the national grid in Scotland came from wind, meaning that electricity
generated south of the border and the doubling of output from the coal-fired Longannet power station in Fife kept our lights on. The Minister will be aware that Iberdrola, the Spanish owner of ScottishPower, which operates Longannet, has decided not to invest to make it compliant with the industrial emissions directive and is now threatening to announce the closure of that power station next week, jeopardising hundreds of skilled jobs. Given Iberdrola’s public statements, what discussions has the Minister had with the Spanish power company or National Grid about the implications of potential closure?
We have of course considered the implications of the closure of any major power plant. Alongside National Grid, we continually assess the security of supply risks across Great Britain, including in Scotland. We are confident that we have the tools to address any issues at Longannet and any other fossil fuel plant that may close. We will ensure that the procedures and policies are always put in place to make sure that the supplies of energy are secure.
I thank the Minister for that reply, but he will be aware that various public claims have been made by or on behalf of Iberdrola ScottishPower about the impact of closure on both security of supply and group resilience, and that National Grid has rejected those claims. What assessment has his Department made of the claims and their implications? Given the conflicting statements made in the public domain, will he publish the assessment and advice so that the veracity of the claims and counterclaims can be properly tested?
I thank the Minister for that reply, but he will be aware that various public claims have been made by or on behalf of Iberdrola ScottishPower about the impact of closure on both security of supply and group resilience, and that National Grid has rejected those claims. What assessment has his Department made of the claims and their implications? Given the conflicting statements made in the public domain, will he publish the assessment and advice so that the veracity of the claims and counterclaims can be properly tested?
I have looked in detail at the claims, and they are not correct. National Grid’s assessment is that the closure of Longannet is not a threat to the security of supply. I think that we should trust the assessment of the transmission grid operator, rather than that of an individual company playing one small part in the operation. I will of course look at what we can publish to make those reassurances yet more concrete.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was produced by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) hydro, (e) nuclear, (f) coal and (g) gas in each of the constituent parts of the UK from 21 December 2014 to 7 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was produced by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) hydro, (e) nuclear, (f) coal and (g) gas in each of the constituent parts of the UK from 21 December 2014 to 7 January...
Information for the time period requested is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he intends that the Offtaker of Last Resort will have fostered the creation of a bankable offtake PPA market for independent renewable energy generators; and what assumptions this estimate is based on.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he intends that the Offtaker of Last Resort will have fostered the creation of a bankable offtake PPA market for independent renewable energy generators; and what assumptions this estimate is based on.
The Offtaker of Last Resort (OLR) mechanism will increase competition and reduce PPA discounts by enabling independent generators and lenders to rely on shorter-term PPAs and a wider variety of PPA counterparties. Powers were taken in the Energy Act 2013 to enable the establishment of the OLR. We are minded to report on the OLR scheme annually, and to undertake a comprehensive review of it at the end of the first EMR Delivery Plan in 2018-19. Annual reporting would cover a range of market performance measures, including the level of competition in the PPA market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 725, on Government levies on energy bills, when he plans to present to the House the first annual report on consumer-funded policies, covering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 725, on Government levies on energy bills, when he plans to present to the House the first annual report on consumer-funded policies, covering...
The first annual report on consumer-funded levies will be published to a timetable consistent with Ofgem’s reporting on the renewables obligation for 2013-14, scheduled for March 2015. Officials are currently considering how that date could be brought forward.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 721, on Government levies on energy bills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of a freeze of the carbon floor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 721, on Government levies on energy bills, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of a freeze of the carbon floor...
The levy control framework has been designed with the flexibility to be able to respond to policy changes. The Government expects to meet its renewable energy ambition as set out in the Electricity Market Reform Delivery plan within the Levy Control Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 974, if he will publish all correspondence between Ministers and officials in his Department and their counterparts in the Scottish Government on closure of the renewable obligation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 974, if he will publish all correspondence between Ministers and officials in his Department and their counterparts in the Scottish Government on closure of the renewable obligation and...
In order not to inhibit free and frank exchanges between the UK Government and the devolved Administrations, correspondence of this nature is not published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much was redeemed under feed-in-tariffs in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much was redeemed under feed-in-tariffs in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in 2013.
Data on payments made to feed-in tariff generators are published by Ofgem and are available up to the end of June 2013. This shows that between 1 January and 30 June 2013 £259 million was paid to FIT generators in Great Britain (The FIT scheme does not cover Northern Ireland). A regional breakdown of this data is not available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the amount of funding available through the 2020 Levy Control Framework which is required to meet obligations to existing and proposed projects in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the amount of funding available through the 2020 Levy Control Framework which is required to meet obligations to existing and proposed projects in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
The Levy Control Framework totals for existing and proposed projects in the years 2015-16 to 2020-21 are as follows (in 2011-12 prices):
| Totals
for existing and proposed projects (£
billion) | |
| 2015-16 | 4.30 |
| 2016-17 | 4.90 |
| 2017-18 | 5.60 |
| 2018-19 | 6.45 |
| 2019-20 | 7.00 |
| 2020-21 | 7.60 |
We have not assessed where projects will be built on a geographical basis. However, the modelling conducted by National Grid (System Operator) that was published with the draft Delivery Plan Consultation on the 17 July 2013 (and will be updated and published with the final Delivery Plan in December) sets out how the Levy Control Framework amounts could be spent on different technologies. The National Grid report shows deployment in GW not in terms of £ million spent by technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) when a decision will be made on the regulatory licence treatment of the transmission cables of directly connected offshore renewable energy projects that are located outside of the UK; and whether such a decision will be announced in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) when a decision will be made on the regulatory licence treatment of the transmission cables of directly connected offshore renewable energy projects that are located outside of the UK; and whether such a decision will be announced in...
The Government is considering its policy on overseas renewable energy projects, and published an update on this recently.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-call-for-evidence-on-renewable-energy-trading
This document set out the issues and the timetable we are working to. Our policy work has included discussions with Ofgem on the licensing of the transmission asset.
(2) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem on whether the transmission cables for directly connected offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK can be treated as a generator spur; and if he will make a statement;
[164638]
Tom Greatrex:
(2) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem on whether the transmission cables for directly connected offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK can be treated as a generator spur; and if he will make a statement;
[164638]
Tom Greatrex:
The Government is considering its policy on overseas renewable energy projects, and published an update on this recently.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-call-for-evidence-on-renewable-energy-trading
This document set out the issues and the timetable we are working to. Our policy work has included discussions with Ofgem on the licensing of the transmission asset.
(3) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem to determine the regulatory licensing treatment of transmission cables of offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK; what the estimated timetable for a decision on this regulatory treatment is; when the intergovernmental agreement between Ireland and the UK is...
(3) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem to determine the regulatory licensing treatment of transmission cables of offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK; what the estimated timetable for a decision on this regulatory treatment is; when the intergovernmental agreement between Ireland and the UK is...
The Government is considering its policy on overseas renewable energy projects, and published an update on this recently.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-call-for-evidence-on-renewable-energy-trading
This document set out the issues and the timetable we are working to. Our policy work has included discussions with Ofgem on the licensing of the transmission asset.
(4) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem on whether the transmission cables for directly connected offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK can be treated with a derogated interconnector licence or a derogated transmission licence; and if he will make a statement.
[164642]
Tom Greatrex:
(4) whether his Department has held discussions with Ofgem on whether the transmission cables for directly connected offshore renewable energy projects located outside of the UK can be treated with a derogated interconnector licence or a derogated transmission licence; and if he will make a statement.
[164642]
Tom Greatrex:
The Government is considering its policy on overseas renewable energy projects, and published an update on this recently.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/response-to-call-for-evidence-on-renewable-energy-trading
This document set out the issues and the timetable we are working to. Our policy work has included discussions with Ofgem on the licensing of the transmission asset.
One significant form of low-carbon green investment that the Secretary of State spoke about during his speech to the Met Office on Monday is carbon capture and storage. His predecessor told the House in October 2011, when Scottish Power pulled out of the Longannet project, that he guaranteed that there would be no Treasury backsliding on the capital funds for CCS demonstrator projects in the competition. Will the Minister confirm whether that remains the case—yes or no—and whether the £1 billion is still available?
One significant form of low-carbon green investment that the Secretary of State spoke about during his speech to the Met Office on Monday is carbon capture and storage. His predecessor told the House in October 2011, when Scottish Power pulled out of the Longannet project, that he guaranteed that there would be no Treasury backsliding on the capital funds for CCS demonstrator projects in the competition. Will the Minister confirm whether that remains the case—yes or no—and whether the £1 billion is still available?
Yes, it does.
I am grateful for that answer, and I am sure that those in the industry who will be slightly disconcerted by the tenor of some of the remarks by the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon), during the passage of the Energy Bill will be gratified as well. However, may I press the Minister a little further? Given that the Cabinet Office project assessment review that I obtained last year said that in the current comprehensive spending review only £200 million was available, will the remainder of the £1 billion be available for the next CSR period? Can he confirm that whatever else he has given up in his less grand bargain with the Treasury on DECC’s budget, that money is safeguarded for CCS in the next CSR period?
I am grateful for that answer, and I am sure that those in the industry who will be slightly disconcerted by the tenor of some of the remarks by the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon), during the passage of the Energy Bill will be gratified as well. However, may I press the Minister a little further? Given that the Cabinet Office project assessment review that I obtained last year said that in the current comprehensive spending review only £200 million was available, will the remainder of the £1 billion be available for the next CSR period? Can he confirm that whatever else he has given up in his less grand bargain with the Treasury on DECC’s budget, that money is safeguarded for CCS in the next CSR period?
I am very happy to scotch the hon. Gentleman’s baseless scaremongering and political point-scoring. The fact of the matter is that we are going forward with the CCS programme, and it is going to be successful, unlike Labour’s failed attempts at CCS. We have two preferred bidders in place, and it is backed by £1 billion, putting the UK at the front of the global race for carbon capture and storage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his reply to question 37 at the sitting of 15 January 2013 of the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on a community energy strategy.
[155183]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his reply to question 37 at the sitting of 15 January 2013 of the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on a community energy strategy.
[155183]
Later this year, we will publish a Community Energy Strategy. To inform the strategy, we will publish a Call for Evidence this spring, seeking responses from a wide range of organisations and individuals.
Community energy is on the rise in the UK, reconnecting communities to the energy they use, with community projects and initiatives focused on reducing, managing, generating or purchasing energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to undertake a revised impact assessment for the operation of a multi-party counterparty for Contracts for Difference.
[117921]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to undertake a revised impact assessment for the operation of a multi-party counterparty for Contracts for Difference.
[117921]
The impact assessment published alongside the Energy White Paper and the modelling underpinning it are based on there being a credible counterparty that would ensure low risk.
While we consider that the model proposed in the draft Bill provides that, I recognise the concerns that have been raised by industry and we have therefore been assessing the viability of alternative models, including those based on a single counter-party. Both models would be supported by a robust legal framework established by Government in legislation.
Since both models are based on there being a credible counterparty, we do not consider that the impact assessment needs revision. An updated summary impact assessment reflecting revised assumptions and modelling enhancements, as noted in the summary impact assessment accompanying the draft Energy Bill, will be published alongside the Energy Bill on introduction.
I await the outcome of the Energy and Climate Change Committee's pre-legislative scrutiny before making a decision on whether to make any changes in the Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what level of generating capacity in gigawatts of renewable energy is currently (a) in the construction phase, (b) in the planning process and (c) fully operational, by type of technology.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what level of generating capacity in gigawatts of renewable energy is currently (a) in the construction phase, (b) in the planning process and (c) fully operational, by type of technology.
[116743]
The information is provided in the following tables1.
| Operational | ||
| Technology | Operational
2010 RESTATS
data | Operational
since January
2011 |
| Biomass | 447.4 | 789.8 |
| Co-firing | 390.2 | — |
| RO
Hydro | 195.4 | 3.6 |
| Landfill
gas | 1,024.6 | — |
| Offshore
Round
0 | 14.0 | — |
| Offshore
Round
1 | 962.4 | 150.0 |
| Offshore
Round
2 | 364.8 | 367.2 |
| Demonstration
Projects | — | — |
| Offshore
Round
3 | — | — |
| Offshore
Round 1 and 2
extensions | — | — |
| Scottish
Territorial
Waters | — | — |
| Wind
Offshore
Total | 1,341.2 | 517.2 |
| Wind
Onshore | 4,035.7 | 758.5 |
| Sewage
gas | 189.2 | — |
| Wave
and
Tide | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| Photovoltaics | 76.9 | 102.7 |
| Large
hydro | 1,452.9 | — |
| Waste | 435.3 | 108.7 |
| Total | 9,591.4 | 2,281.3 |
| Under
construction, awaiting construction and in
planning | ||||||
| Total
Installed Capacity
(MW) | ||||||
| Post
consent | Pre
consent | |||||
| Under
construction | Awaiting
construction | Application
being
considered | ||||
| LPA | S36 | LPA | S36 | LPA | S36 | |
| Biomass | 199.9 | 0.0 | 1,006.5 | 2,130.0 | 195.2 | 360.0 |
| Co-firing | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 170.0 |
| RO
Hydro | 5.3 | 3.6 | 26.9 | 93.8 | 14.3 | 0.8 |
| Landfill
gas | 5.2 | 0.0 | 29.7 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Offshore
Round
0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Offshore
Round
1 | 0.0 | 62.1 | — | — | — | — |
| Offshore
Round
2 | 0.0 | 2,667.0 | 0.0 | 970.0 | 0.0 | 2,920.0 |
| Demonstration
Projects | — | — | 0.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 99.9 |
| Offshore
Round
3 | — | — | 0.0 | 6.0 | — | — |
| Offshore
Round 1 and 2
extensions | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 504.0 |
| Scottish
Territorial
Waters | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 997.2 |
| Wind
Offshore
Total | 0.0 | 2,729.1 | 0.0 | 988.0 | 0.0 | 4,521.1 |
| Wind
Onshore | 855.6 | 1,364.7 | 2,581.3 | 1,636.4 | 3,443.1 | 3,007.8 |
| Sewage
gas | — | — | 8.5 | 0.0 | — | — |
| Wave
and
Tide | 0.0 | 20.5 | 1.2 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Photovoltaics | 28.7 | 0.0 | 251.0 | 0.0 | 119.0 | 0.0 |
| Large
hydro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waste | 78.3 | 100.0 | 569.8 | 239.0 | 239.0 | 60.0 |
| Total | 1,173.1 | 4,217.9 | 4,475.0 | 5,106.8 | 4,015.1 | 8,137.2 |
| 1
Source —RESTATS DECC data sheet May
2012: https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/datasheet |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the level of subsidy that would be paid to current online nuclear power stations under the feed-in tariff proposals outlined in the Government's electricity market reform...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the level of subsidy that would be paid to current online nuclear power stations under the feed-in tariff proposals outlined in the Government's electricity market reform...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of generation capacity from renewable sources in Scotland in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015; and what assessment he has made of the value of the Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of generation capacity from renewable sources in Scotland in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015; and what assessment he has made of the value of the Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) estimated...