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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-02more like thismore than 2017-03-02
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Biofuels more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on energy and energy subsidies of the Chatham House research paper, Woody Biomass for Power and Heat: Impacts on the Global Climate, published in February 2017. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh East more like this
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Tommy Sheppard more like this
uin 66359 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-07more like thismore than 2017-03-07
answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and moving to a low carbon economy in a cost-effective way for households and businesses. All biomass power plants in the UK are required to meet mandatory sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria.</p><p> </p><p>As the Chatham House report points out, biomass can be sourced in either low or higher carbon manners, depending on the forestry techniques and the types of wood used.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis[1] shows that sawdust and sawmill residues made up 43% of material used, forestry residues comprising branches, tops and bark made up 28%, thinnings amounted to less that 14% of all biomass feedstocks, with the remaining 15% made up of materials such as waste wood.</p><p> </p><p>The Department keeps under review the level of subsidies available to biomass technologies and monitors the sustainability of biomass used in heat and power generation. We are currently analysing responses to our Call for Evidence for the future of biomass generation under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) from 2018 onwards.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490572/Woodfuel_Disclosure_Survey_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490572/Woodfuel_Disclosure_Survey_2015.pdf</a></em></p>
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire remove filter
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
grouped question UIN 66358 more like this
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less than 2017-03-07T16:34:54.913Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-07T16:34:54.913Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
4453
label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard more like this