§ 15. Wing-Commander Cooperasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps are being taken at the present time to explore and implement the possibilities of utilising waste industrial gas and heat for communal domestic heating on both existing and future housing schemes.
§ Mr. ShinwellMy hon. and gallant Friend will be aware that large quantities of coke oven gas are already sold to gas undertakings for domestic and industrial use. It is doubtful whether there remains at any one place a sufficient surplus, continuously available to meet the demands of a communal domestic heating system of appreciable size. However, in the detailed technical and economic investigations of district heating now proceeding, consideration is being given to the52W possibility of using any available surplus gases or waste heat from industry, including the so-called "waste heat from electricity generating stations Waste heat from industrial processes can frequently be utilised to advantage at the point of production, and my fuel efficiency engineers pay particular attention to this.