Biomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability Framework Debate
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Earl Attlee
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Biomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability Framework
Earl Attlee Excerpts(1 year, 11 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I absolutely agree with the first part of the noble Baroness’s question. She is right that there needs to be a variety of sources of power: renewable sources, biomass linked to carbon capture and storage, and long-term hydrogen production. Of course, in the net zero strategy we look at all these things in the round, linked to a long-term analysis of how the power needs of the UK are best met going forward.
Earl Attlee (Con)
My Lords, when wood decomposes, does it release CO2 naturally?
Lord Callanan (Con)
I think it does, but I am not going to get into a scientific debate about it. It certainly does when it is burned, but of course it absorbs CO2 when it is growing; that is the nature of it being sustainable.