HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 cc312-3W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the comparative efficiency of energy production of wind turbines and conventional forms of energy production. [16418]

Mr. Page

Reviews spanning the technical, economic and environmental status of the range of technologies available or potentially available, including wind energy, to meet the UK's energy requirement over a 40-year time horizon were published in two reports, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. They are "ETSU R83: An Appraisal of UK Energy Research, Development, Demonstration and Dissemination" and "ETSU R82: An Assessment of Renewable Energy for the UK."