HC Deb 31 October 2001 vol 373 cc702-4W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to his answer of 22 October 2001,Official Report, column 11W, if he will list the location of the sites where tidal stream generators could be deployed. [10699]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 30 October 2001]: The following is a list of identified sites in UK waters where tidal stream generators could be deployed.

Shetland:

  • Yell Sound—East Channel
  • Yell Sound—West Channel
  • Blue mull Sound—North
  • Blue mull Sound—South
Orkney:
  • North Ronaldsay Firth
  • Eday Sound—Lashy
  • Westray Firth—Falls of Warness
  • Westray Firth—Kili Holm to Fers Ness
  • Papa Westray
 Pentland Firth:
  • Hoy
  • South Ronaldsay
  • Stroma
  • South Ronaldsay/Pentland Skerries
  • Pentland Skerries
  • Duncansby Head
  • Inner Sound
 West Scotland:
  • Mull of Kintyre
  • Sanda Sound
  • Mull of Oa
  • Gulf of Corryvreckan
  • Dorus Mor
  • Kyle Rhea
  • Loch Linnhe—Corran
 Irish Sea:
  • Rathlin Island, North Channel
  • Mull of Galloway
  • Wigtown Bay
North Wales:
  • Menai Strait—Belan
  • Menai Strait-Menai Bridge
 Bristol Channel:
  • Barry
  • Foreland Point
  • Lundy (North)
  • Lundy (South)
 Cornwall:
  • Cape Cornwall
  • Lands End
  • The Lizard
 English Channel: Channel Islands:
  • Race of Alderney
  • Casquets
  • North West Guernsey
  • Big Russel, Guernsey
  • North East Jersey.

Additional sites may be identified in the course of continuing research.

Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the sites of the wind farm developments seeking sea-bed leases from the Crown Estate which have achieved pre-qualification status; and what the projected time scale is for their construction and commissioning. [10235]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 30 October 2001]: I refer the hon. Member to the Crown Estate press release of 5 April 2001 which provides details on the 18 developers, including specific site information, that pre-qualified for Crown Estate leases. A copy is being placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Information on the construction and commissioning phases of projects is a commercial matter for the developers concerned.

Paddy Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she intends to implement the provisions of the EU Renewable Energy Directive for good quality energy from waste as part of the hierarchy of waste treatment. [10901]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 29 October 2001]: The European Directive on Renewable Energy sets out the European context for support schemes for renewable forms of energy. It is for each member state to design and implement domestic support systems. In our recently published statutory consultations on the Renewables Obligations we do not propose to support energy from mixed waste incineration. This position is entirely consistent with the EU Directive, which we will be implementing in due course.

Paddy Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received on the need to include high quality energy from waste in the Renewables Obligation, consistent with the EU Renewable Energy Directive. [10899]

Mr. Wilson

[holding answer 29 October 2001]: We published our Statutory Consultation on the Renewables Obligation in August this year. We have received responses both commending the Government's proposals to exclude energy from the incineration of mixed wastes from the Renewables Obligation, and advocating that it should be included. We are currently considering the comments we have received and hope to bring a draft order before the House as soon as possible.