Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage Debate

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Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage

Lord Skelmersdale Excerpts
Wednesday 28th July 2010

(14 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Marland Portrait Lord Marland
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My noble friend asks a very important question, but I should point out that the North Sea Basin Task Force has been established to develop a project jointly between ourselves and Norway to look at what can be stored in the North Sea basin and under the sea bed.

Lord Skelmersdale Portrait Lord Skelmersdale
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My Lords, will the Government encourage the new coal stations that are being built to operate a dual-fuel policy—coal and biofuels—such as that being carried out at the Drax power station?

Lord Marland Portrait Lord Marland
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Obviously, the reduction in fossil fuels must be encouraged in every possible way.