§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of Statement for Energy (1) what encouragement he is giving to commercial organisations wishing to set up wind electricity generators on Welsh farms;
(2) what assistance has been given by the Government to commercial organisations in Wales to install wind energy generating capacity which can be sold to the grid.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonMy Department has not given any assistance to commercial organisations in Wales to install wind energy generators for the purpose of subsequent sale of electricity to the grid. Such installations will however be eligible for consideration under the non-fossil fuel obligation.
We have collaborated with a number of organisations in the design and construction of experimental wind turbine generators at the CEGB's test site at Carmarthen bay, and we are also collaborating with the CEGB in a project to construct an experimental wind farm at Capel Cynon.
§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much money has been spent in Wales on sources of renewable energy over the past three years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe table includes expenditure by the Department of Energy over the past three years on projects based in Wales such as the 160 kW vertical axis wind turbine at Carmarthen bay, and work undertaken by Welsh contractors, for example, university of Cardiff.
Year £ 1986–87 656,935 1987–88 854,459 1988–89 833,020 Information is not available to say precisely how much of this expenditure was in Wales.