Mr. O'NeillTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what studies have been undertaken on the potential for deploying solar photovoltaic technology and/or solar water heating on(a) Government buildings and (b) other public sector-buildings. [30081]
§ Mr. PageNo studies have been carried out specifically into the potential for solar technologies on Government or public sector buildings, although general potential resource estimates have been made. The potential for photovoltaics has been investigated by the University of Northumbria and published in ETSU S/1365; the potential for solar water heating has been investigated by Halcrow Gilbert Associates and published in ETSU S/1337. Copies of both publications are being placed in the Library of the House.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimates his Department has made of the maximum potential contribution to the United Kingdom's energy requirements from(a) solar photovoltaic technology and (b) solar water heating. [30080]
§ Mr. PageTechnical resource estimates, for photovoltaics and solar water heating were published in "New and Renewable Energy, future prospects for the UK", Energy Paper 62;"An Assessment of Renewable Energy for the UK (R.62)"; and "An Appraisal of UK Energy Research, Development Demonstration and Dissemination"—Energy Paper 61. Copies are available in the Library of the House.