§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what help she gives individual factories which wish to develop alternative sustainable power supplies, with particular reference to wind turbines. [139422]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Renewables Obligation, which requires licensed electricity suppliers to supply a specified proportion of electricity from renewable sources reaching 10.4 per cent by 2010, is our main vehicle for encouraging renewables. Under the Obligation companies generating electricity from eligible renewable sources for their own use, for example, in a factory they own, can benefit from the Obligation. They can do this by making an arrangement to sell that renewable electricity to a licensed supplier and to buy the same electricity back for their own use. The electricity sold and bought back will be eligible for Renewables Obligation Certificates.
In addition, electricity derived from renewable sources may be eligible for exemption from the Climate Change Levy.