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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the need to develop energy sources other than oil. - Inc ref to ensure, diverse and sustainable supplies of energy at competitive prices and Cm4071 copy in library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the need to develop energy sources other than oil. - Inc ref to ensure, diverse and sustainable supplies of energy at competitive prices and Cm4071 copy in library.
Asked by
Tim Yeo
(Conservative)
Answered by
Stephen Byers
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
23 November 2000
For answer on
29 November 2000
Answered on
29 November 2000
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the need to develop energy sources
other than oil. [140611]
Mr. Byers: [holding answer 28 November 2000]: The Government's broad energy policy is: to ensure secure, diverse, and sustainable
supplies of energy at competitive prices.
This is best achieved by competition in open markets, in which it is primarily for the energy companies to determine their energy
inputs and to develop appropriate sources of supply. The Government's main role, therefore, is to address areas where the market is
not working properly. The 1998 White Paper "Review of Energy Sources for Power Generation" (Cm 4071) reviewed the different sources
of input energy available for electricity generation--coal, gas, nuclear, and renewables. For renewables specifically, the
Government published in March 1999 a consultation paper on future support for the technologies, followed in January 2000 by a policy
statement announcing the Renewables Obligation on electricity suppliers and in October 2000 by a consultation paper on the form of
the Obligation. In publishing the UK Climate Change programme on 17 November 2000, the Government recognised the importance of
preparing for a low-carbon economy in the future, and announced in this context that it would be conducting a review of the options
for longer-term energy choices.
Subjects
Coal; Environment protection; Energy; Electricity generation; Fuels; Natural gas; Policy; Renewable energy; Reviews
Date
29 November 2000
Reference
357 c600W;357 c599-600W; 140611
House
House of Commons