Combined Heat and Power

HC Deb 30 June 1998 vol 315 c123W

Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what measures he proposes to promote investment in combined heat and power generation; and if he will make a statement. [47577]

Angela Eagle

The government strongly promote the widest use of combined heat and power (CHP), for its environmental, business and other benefits to the country. CHP is encouraged through my Department's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme, the Energy Saving Trust, the Private Public Partnership, the Capital Receipts Initiative, and other programmes.

The Government's provisional proposals for electricity generation consent, following the Review of Energy Sources, reflect the importance they attach to the environmental and other benefits of CHP.