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date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the implications of his Department's report on the Life Cycle Impacts of Biomass Electricity published in July 2014, for the life cycle assessment of the Renewable Energy Directive; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Dame Anne McGuire
uin	225629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has recently tendered a research contract to assess the plausibility of scenarios in the report with the highest potential net greenhouse gas emissions occurring in the period to 2030 that result from increased demand from the UK biomass electricity sector.</p><p>DECC is committed to supporting sustainably produced biomass, that delivers real greenhouse gas savings, is cost effective, takes account of wider impacts across the economy and manages possible risks such as to food security and biodiversity. The Department is seeking to bring forward proposals for mandatory sustainability requirements this year. The UK has been at the forefront of developing criteria to ensure that biomass used in energy generation is sustainable and we will have some of the toughest sustainability criteria in the world.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 17:51:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

223944

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the potential contribution of biomass to meeting the 2020 targets of the Climate Change Act 2008; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Dame Anne McGuire
uin	225559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Biomass is an important part of the UK’s energy mix, playing a central, transitional role in decarbonising the electricity grid. Our support for biomass is part of our wider ambition for a mix of renewable energy sources. Our 2012 Bioenergy Strategy analysis indicated that sustainably-sourced bioenergy could contribute 8-11% to the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 17:52:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire