HC Deb 13 June 2003 vol 406 cc337-8W
Mr. Sayeed

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which(a) facilities converting landfill gas into electricity, (b) combined heat and power facilities, (c) energy for waste facilities, (d) pyrolysis facilities and (e) gasification facilities have been visited by the Minister of State for Energy and Construction, and when in the last two years. [113677]

Mr. Wilson

On 31 January 2002, I visited Thetford Power Station, which is fuelled by poultry litter, and Elean Power Station near Ely, which is fuelled by straw. On 25 February 2003, I visited Arjo Wiggins's paper mill at Corpach, near Fort William, where my Department is funding the construction of a wood-fired combined heat and power generator. I plan to visit Shanks Group plc's new landfill gas power station at Calvert in Buckinghamshire.

I also regularly have meetings with companies who own such facilities.