§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if the funds that had been earmarked for the now cancelled research into a wave power310W station will be transferred to research into other forms of alternative entry. [28063]
§ Mr. PageThe answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Industry and Energy on 31 March 1994,Official Report, column 1009, to my hon. Friend the member for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) on the publication of energy paper 62, set out the Government's policy, strategy and forward programme for new and renewable energy, including closure of the wave programme. As set out in EP62, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House, the forward programme is expected to reduce in value over a 10-year time horizon as the technologies move towards the market and the DTI's task force role diminishes. Resources will be concentrated on key technologies with good prospects of commercial application in the coming decades—such as solar, energy from coppice and waste, wind and fuel cells. Expenditure estimates for the new and renewable energy programme, consistent with EP62, are published in the Department's annual report, a copy of which is also available in the Library of the House.