§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What incentive or encouragement exists or is proposed, to help electricity producers to make economic use of waste heat.
§ Lord SkelmersdaleUnder the Energy Survey Scheme grants of up to 50 per cent. can be given towards the costs of employing a consultant to assess the possibility of installing a combined heat and power (CHP) plant where electricity is produced and waste heat can be utilised. Grants, normally up to 25 per cent. costs, have also been given towards a number of waste heat recovery projects under the Energy Conservation Demonstration Projects Scheme. The Government intend, as soon as a suitable legislative opportunity arises, to remove the statutory prohibition on anyone other than an electricity board suppying electricity as their main business. The public electricity supply industry is willing to co-operate in the development of economic CHP schemes and also has its own projects using reject heat.