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174939

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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	Yukos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Permanent Court of Arbitration's $50 billion ruling in July 2014 in favour of GML Ltd, the former majority shareholders of Yukos, against Russia.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Falkner of Margravine
	uin	HL4318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>This is a commercial dispute in which the UK Government has no involvement. It is not for us to comment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 03/02/2015 15:58:01 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3670 label Biography information for Baroness Falkner of Margravine

176278

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	Woodhead Line: Tunnels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they are considering the use of high voltage power cables in the Woodhead rail tunnel, when overhead transmission lines are used for the scenic part of the valley.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The high voltage electricity line between Thorpe Marsh near Doncaster and Stalybridge, which goes through the Woodhead tunnel, has been in place for many years and is owned and operated by National Grid. The line was originally consented in 1964 and a decision was made to use the Woodhead tunnel so that overhead lines did not cross the highest land on the route.</p><p>National Grid is currently undertaking necessary maintenance works on the overhead line.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 10/02/2015 15:19:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

222767

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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	Woodhead Line: Tunnels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 10 February (HL4536), whether they will now answer the original question, including why it is necessary to consider the use of the more recent 1950’s rail tunnel for high voltage cables, when overhead lines are used for the remainder of the route.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL5108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>National Grid purchased the 1950s rail tunnel in the 1990s with a view to installing new cables when original cables in the adjacent Victorian Woodhead tunnels needed renewing. National Grid began work on this project in 2007 and it is now complete. The line was originally consented in 1964 and a decision was made to use the Woodhead tunnels so that overhead lines did not cross the highest land on the route.</p><p>Mitigation of the overhead lines either side of the 1950s tunnel is currently being considered with stakeholders under National Grid’s Visual Impact Provisio:</p><p><a href="http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/In-your-area/Visual-Impact-Provision/Projects/" target="_blank">http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/In-your-area/Visual-Impact-Provision/Projects/</a>. The</p><p>Visual Impact Provision is a £500m allocation by Ofgem to help reduce the impact of existing transmission lines in English and Welsh Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks. An independent process has been established by National Grid, and approved by Ofgem, to consider mitigation of overhead lines in a number of potential locations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 09/03/2015 16:25:53 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

227977

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the locations of sea-based wind turbines in the United Kingdom; and how many turbines there are at each location.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL5792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK currently has 1,183 turbines (4,043MW) at fully operational offshore windfarms with an additional 284 turbines (1,063MW) at sites that are currently under construction. These turbines are located off the coast of:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Fully Operational</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Under Construction</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>South West Scotland</em></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>North West England </em></p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>North Wales</em></p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>South East England</em></p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Thames Estuary</em></p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>East England</em></p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>East Midlands</em></p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>North East England</em></p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>North East Scotland</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Yorkshire and Humber</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 24/03/2015 16:57:32 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

425848

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many wind farms there are in United Kingdom waters off the coast of England, and where they are situated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL3246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>There are a total of 23 offshore wind farms off the coast of England with a combined installed capacity of 4181MW. These wind farms are located:-</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Offshore Wind Farm</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>MW Capacity</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Region</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inner Dowsing</p></td><td><p><strong>108.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincs</p></td><td><p><strong>270.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lynn</p></td><td><p><strong>86.4</strong></p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gunfleet Sands Demo</p></td><td><p><strong>12.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gunfleet Sands II</p></td><td><p><strong>64.8</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Scheme</p></td><td><p><strong>108.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scroby Sands</p></td><td><p><strong>60.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Gabbard Wind Farm</p></td><td><p><strong>504.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheringham Shoal</p></td><td><p><strong>317.0</strong></p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teeside Offshore Wind Farm</p></td><td><p><strong>62.1</strong></p></td><td><p>North East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blyth Offshore</p></td><td><p><strong>4.0</strong></p></td><td><p>North East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burbo Bank</p></td><td><p><strong>90.0</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walney 1</p></td><td><p><strong>183.6</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walney 2</p></td><td><p><strong>183.6</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow</p></td><td><p><strong>90.0</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of Duddon Sands</p></td><td><p><strong>389.0</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ormonde Offshore</p></td><td><p><strong>150.0</strong></p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kentish Flats</p></td><td><p><strong>90.0</strong></p></td><td><p>South East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td><p><strong>300.0</strong></p></td><td><p>South East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kentish Flats Extension</p></td><td><p><strong>49.5</strong></p></td><td><p>South East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Array</p></td><td><p><strong>630.0</strong></p></td><td><p>South East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber Gateway</p></td><td><p><strong>219.0</strong></p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westermost Rough</p></td><td><p><strong>210.0</strong></p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/11/2015 17:05:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

174952

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of electricity was generated from wind farms in the week ending 18 January 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>During the week ending 18 January 2015, 12 per cent of electricity in Great Britain was generated from wind farms. This data is made available by National Grid and only refers to wind which is operationally metered, i.e. around two-thirds of the installed wind capacity in Great Britain.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 27/01/2015 15:16:35 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

174953

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to review the current rate of subsidy offered to suppliers of energy generated from wind farms.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL4332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three mechanisms through which wind farms can seek support: the renewables obligation (RO), contracts for difference (CFD) and the small-scale feed-in tariff (FIT).</p><p>No further comprehensive banding review is planned for the RO scheme. The last review, which reported in July 2012, set support rates through to the RO’s closure to new generation on 31 March 2017. The first allocation round for CFDs is currently underway. It is our intention that established technologies (such as onshore wind) will have to compete on price in an auction in order to secure a contract for support, meaning that only the most cost-effective projects will be built and so CFDs will represent better value for money than the RO. EU state aid clearance for the FIT requires a review of the scheme every three years. The next periodic review is scheduled to take place later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 28/01/2015 14:08:02 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

425849

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2015
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many onshore wind farms there are in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL3247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The planning status of all renewable electricity projects with an installed capacity of 1MW or more can be found within the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD).</p><p>Currently there are 175 fully operational wind farms (sites with two turbines or more) in England. These windfarms have a total installed capacity of 2019.2MW.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/11/2015 17:07:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name Copy of Public_Database_-_Oct_2015.xlsx title Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

77282

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are currently in place, and what steps they intend to take, to address health and safety issues associated with the use of wind turbines.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL1016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Wind generators, in the same way as all other industries, are covered by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA). This requires them as duty holders to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of their employees and any members of the public who may be affected by their activities.</p><p>There are also well-established British and European standards covering product safety. The HSE performs appropriate regulatory checks on the operation and maintenance of wind turbines and also commissions research as needed. An HSE-commissioned report on risk assessment in the vicinity of wind turbines was published in 2013 and can be viewed online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr968.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr968.pdf</a>.</p><p>Offshore wind developers are working together, through the G9 group, to seek solutions to safety challenges to working offshore. More information can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.g9offshorewind.com/about-the-g9" target="_blank">http://www.g9offshorewind.com/about-the-g9</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/07/2014 13:07:13 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

77283

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current success rate of planning applications for wind turbines and wind farms; and what were the comparable figures in each of the last five calendar years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL1017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) tracks the progress of all projects over 0.01MW from submission of a planning application through to determination and generation:</p><p><a href="https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract" target="_blank">https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/monthlyextract</a></p><p>The table below sets out the number and percentage of onshore wind installations, as well as the combined capacity of those installations, which are recorded on the REPD as having been approved or refused planning permission, on a year-by-year basis, since January 2009. These numbers are accurate as of the end of May 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of planning applications</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capacity (MW)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Approved</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td><td><p>Approved</p></td><td><p>Refused</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>105 (73%)</p></td><td><p>38 (27%)</p></td><td><p>1183 (68%)</p></td><td><p>558 (32%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>119 (75%)</p></td><td><p>40 (25%)</p></td><td><p>1249 (66%)</p></td><td><p>644 (34%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>138 (71%)</p></td><td><p>57 (29%)</p></td><td><p>964 (67%)</p></td><td><p>483 (33%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>275 (71%)</p></td><td><p>111 (29%)</p></td><td><p>2252 (76%)</p></td><td><p>727 (24%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20113</p></td><td><p>438 (59%)</p></td><td><p>303 (41%)</p></td><td><p>1422 (47%)</p></td><td><p>1603 (53%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan- May 2014</p></td><td><p>86 (40%)</p></td><td><p>128 (60%)</p></td><td><p>594 (47%)</p></td><td><p>663 (53%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 22/07/2014 13:06:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont