§ Mr. AdleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment his Department has made on the question of environmentally comparable energy sources; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe chief scientist group at the energy technology support unit have carried out for my Department a number of appraisals of energy sources and their environmental impact is one of the range of factors assessed.
A wide-ranging appraisal of most energy sources and technologies relevant to the United Kingdom was reported in "Energy Paper 54" and specific assessments of alternative energy resources such as "Hot Dry Rocks" ETSU-R-34, "Bioethanol as a Transport Fuel" ETSU-R - 44 and "Synthetic Fuel Options for Road Transport Applications" ETSU-R-33 have been published.