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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-01-02more like thismore than 2015-01-02
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Solar Power: North Africa more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide funding for the import of concentrated solar power from North Africa. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport more like this
tabling member printed
Oliver Colvile more like this
uin 219617 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>Under Electricity Market Reform, the Government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme is the primary mechanism to support large scale electricity generation in the UK. Concentrated Solar Power is not currently an eligible technology for support from UK CfDs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under this scheme projects outside the UK are not currently eligible. The Government has been considering the benefits of supporting projects outside of the UK and published a paper in August 2014 setting out indicative areas of work that would need to be addressed to open the UK CfD scheme to eligible non-UK projects. This paper can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cfds-for-non-uk-renewable-electricity-projects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cfds-for-non-uk-renewable-electricity-projects</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey more like this
answering member printed Danny Alexander remove filter
question first answered
less than 2015-01-09T14:58:16.003Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-09T14:58:16.003Z
answering member
1535
label Biography information for Danny Alexander more like this
tabling member
4022
label Biography information for Oliver Colvile more like this