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713595

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date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Gas Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which gas-fired power stations have been built since 2010; and what the generation capacity was of each of those stations.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	68977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The generation capacity for each combined-cycle gas-fired power plant commissioned since 2010 can be found below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Plant name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capacity (MW)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of commission</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grain CHP</p></td><td><p>1365</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Langage CCGT</p></td><td><p>905</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severn Power CCGT</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staythorpe CCGT</p></td><td><p>1792</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn CCGT</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pembroke CCGT</p></td><td><p>2269</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Burton CCGT</p></td><td><p>1332</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carrington CCGT</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DUKES 5.10 Power Stations in the United Kingdom, May 2016 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a> (Carrington, commissioned in autumn 2016, has also been added)</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/03/2017 13:45:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling

713600

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Gas Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many megawatts of power generation capacity has been provided to the National Grid from gas powered stations in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	68960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The generation capacity contributed to the National Grid by gas-fired power plant since 2010 can be found below.</p><p><strong>Year Transmission entry capacity (MW), gas fired plants</strong></p><p>2010 35805</p><p>2011 34101</p><p>2012 37008</p><p>2013 36511</p><p>2014 35450</p><p>2015 33075</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540940/DUKES_5.6.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/540940/DUKES_5.6.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 09:43:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling

713615

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the differences in (a) future carbon and capture and storage projections detailed in his Department's publications, Energy and emissions projections 2015 and (b) Energy and emissions projections 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	68858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Energy and Emissions Projections 2015 assumed carbon capture and storage (CCS) generation from 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 take into account the ending of the CCS Competition in November 2015, and assumes that CCS will not come on in any significant capacity over the period of this modelling to 2035.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 16:19:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

713616

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Combined Heat and Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what evaluation his Department has made of the overall efficiency of a combined heat and power plant.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	68843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Combined heat and power (CHP) plants use a range of technologies, which can offer efficiency savings of up to 30% compared to the separate generation of heat and electricity. Their efficiency varies depending on the particular technologies used and how they are operated. The CHP Quality Assurance Scheme assesses plants’ energy efficiency to ensure all those benefitting from government support meet a minimum level.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 16:20:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

713617

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Steam Engines: Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to continue support for the production of steam from renewable energy sources used for industrial applications.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	68837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Support for the production of steam from renewable energy sources used for industrial applications is provided through the Renewable Heat Incentive. As set out in the 2015 Autumn Statement, the budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive has been confirmed to financial year 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 16:21:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

713618

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Combined Heat and Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the combined heat and power tariff from 10 to 20 per cent efficiency on the (a) use and (b) price of energy generated by Organic Rankine Cycle turbines.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	68838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Renewable Heat Incentive consultation on support for Biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant closed on 10 March. This consultation proposed changing the current 10% power efficiency requirement for biomass CHP plants applying to the RHI scheme to a 20% power efficiency requirement. The consultation can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/590694/The_Renewable_Heat_Incentive_-_Support_for_Biomass_Combined_Heat_and_Pow....pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Annex A to the consultation document contained an assessment of impacts for the proposed change.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 16:21:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams