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674943

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Heating
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 steps he is taking to develop the use of hydrogen as a source of low-carbon heating.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	60580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking work to strengthen the analysis of the range of potential approaches to decarbonising heat. This includes work to consolidate and review the evidence base on the use of hydrogen for heating, and to enhance the Department’s ability to model the costs and benefits.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 14:18:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

674944

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Hydroelectric Power: 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 steps he is taking to deploy new hydroelectric storage capacity in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	60590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government and Ofgem recently published a joint Call for Evidence on how to manage the transition to a smart energy system. This included a proposed approach to addressing policy and regulatory barriers to energy storage so that it can compete on a level playing field with other providers of flexibility. We will publish a Smart Systems Plan in spring 2017 setting out specific measures to be taken forward.</p><p>Since 2012, more than £80m of public sector controlled support has been invested in energy storage research, development and demonstration activities. This has included a grant to a UK pumped hydro storage company to analyse the potential for developing new facilities in novel sites around Great Britain. The 2016 Budget announcement committed at least £50 million to help innovation in energy storage, demand-side response and other smart technologies over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 14:16:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

674946

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy: 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 steps he is taking to deploy new battery storage capacity in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	60593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government and Ofgem recently published a Call for Evidence on how to manage the transition to a smart energy system. This included a proposed approach to addressing policy and regulatory barriers to energy storage so that it can compete on a level playing field with other providers of flexibility. We will publish a Smart Systems Plan in spring 2017 setting out specific measures to be taken forward.</p><p>Since 2012, more than £80m of public sector controlled support has been invested in energy storage research, development and demonstration activities. This has helped to fund various storage technology demonstrators, including battery systems of different types and sizes. The 2016 Budget announcement committed at least £50 million to help innovation in energy storage, demand-side response and other smart technologies over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 14:17:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672220

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Scotland
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 the level of investment in renewable electricity generation in Scotland was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>In Delivering UK Energy Investment: Low Carbon Energy March 2015 <strong>[1]</strong>, it is estimated that since 2010 £6 billion was invested in renewable electricity technologies across Scotland.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf</a></em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2017 11:28:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672221

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Scotland
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 recent estimate he has made of the level of investment in renewable electricity generation in Scotland in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Question 59836:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-01-12/59836/" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-01-12/59836/</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 59852 question first answered 18/01/2017 15:54:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672222

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Scotland
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 recent estimate he has made of the level of investment in renewable electricity generation in Scotland in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Question 59836:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-01-12/59836/" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-01-12/59836/</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 59851 question first answered 18/01/2017 15:54:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672224

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	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, what the level of investment in renewable energy generation in the UK was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Clean Energy Investment Fact Pack shows investment in UK renewable energy generation as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>UK Investment £bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance (Jan 2017)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2017 10:49:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672225

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	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, what his most recent estimate is of the level of investment in renewable electricity generation in the UK in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline [1] sets out projected levels of investment in renewable electricity generation for the UK and for Scotland.</p><p>It provides a strategic overview of the level of public and private infrastructure investment planned to 2021 and beyond though in a number of sectors such as energy, ports and waste, the decision to go ahead with individual projects will be determined by the market.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-and-construction-pipeline-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-and-construction-pipeline-2016</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/01/2017 14:13:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 30536 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

669152

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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 Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a response to the report published by the Parliamentary Advisory Group on Carbon Capture and Storage prior to the publication of the Government's emissions reduction plan.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	58702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the findings and recommendations made in the report ‘Lowest Cost Decarbonisation for the UK: the critical role of carbon capture and storage’, published by Parliamentary Advisory Group on Carbon Capture and Storage, and will set out its approach to carbon capture and storage in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/01/2017 11:08:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

669154

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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	Wind 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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2016 to Question 57518, what the strike price comparator is for Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	58725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Strike Price comparator for Hinkley Point C is the HPC Strike Price; this is £92.50/MWh (2012 prices), which is reduced to £89.50/MWh (2012 prices) if a final investment decision on Sizewell C is reached.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2017 11:40:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig