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Biomass plants are currently eligible for support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) and the Contracts for Difference (CfD) schemes.<\/p>

The latest available annual data on support paid to biomass plants[1]<\/sup><\/sup> relates to plants accredited under the RO for 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16.<\/p>

Year<\/p><\/td>

RO Certificates<\/p><\/td>

Value (£m)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

10,433,116<\/p><\/td>

£438<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

15,923,305<\/p><\/td>

£689<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

19,914,962<\/p><\/td>

£883<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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The figures have been derived by collating the number of RO certificates[2]<\/sup><\/sup> issued to the technology group of \u2018biomass\u2019 in a financial year and multiplying this by the associated buy-out price[3]<\/sup><\/sup>. Both sets of data are published by Ofgem. CfD payments for one project have commenced end of December and are therefore not included.<\/p>

<\/p>

[1] DECCFCSJ-375-221137<\/a><\/p>

[2] https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/<\/a><\/p>

[3] https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-buy-out-price-44-33-and-mutualisation-ceilings-2015-16<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-01-18T10:30:39.413Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Biofuels"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been given in subsidies to biomass plants in each of the last three years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1200", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Greg Knight"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Yorkshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Greg Knight"} ], "uin" : "59426"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/670895", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/670895/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department published 2015 figures on energy production and trade in the most recent Digest of UK Energy Statistics. The attached table shows the amounts for different categories of biomass fuels.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/670895/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "biomass-fuels-stats.pdf"} , "title" : "Biomass fuels statistics"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-01-18T10:29:42.077Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Biofuels"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the amount of biomass fuel used in the UK which is sourced from inside the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1200", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Greg Knight"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Yorkshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Greg Knight"} ], "uin" : "59427"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }