Surplus Carbon Emissions

Lord Geddes Excerpts
Wednesday 27th March 2024

(8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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As we debated extensively last night, it will have a negligible impact.

Lord Geddes Portrait Lord Geddes (Con)
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My Lords, following up the supplementary question from the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock, does noble friend agree that the Scottish Government, and indeed the British Government, could well add tidal power to their list?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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My noble friend is relentless in his pursuit of tidal. He is right; it is an important component. It is not yet at scale; it is at a relatively small scale of development, but we supported it under the previous CfD round, and I am sure that tidal has a bright future ahead of it as part of our wide energy mix.