Combined Heat and Power

HC Deb 23 February 1987 vol 111 cc26-7W

Mr. Willie W. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will take steps to stimulate and extend the use of combined heat and power systems as a means of conserving substantial quantities of finite fuels.

Mr. David Hunt

The Government recognise the potential of economic combined heat and power to increase the efficiency of energy utilisation and are supporting a range of initiatives. They are contributing £750,000 towards the cost of studies by three lead city consortia to explore the techno-economic prospects for combined heat and power schemes in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leicester. In the industrial and commercial sectors, proposals for novel, economic combined heat and power projects can be considered for support under the energy efficiency demonstration scheme and, under the energy efficiency survey scheme, applications can be considered for assistance towards combined heat and power feasibility studies.