2030 Emissions Reduction Target: Heating Debate
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Baroness Sheehan
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2030 Emissions Reduction Target: Heating
Baroness Sheehan Excerpts(8 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
That depends on what target the noble Lord is referring to. There are a number of different targets but a substantial amount of government funding is going into this—some £450 million for the boiler upgrade scheme and £6.6 billion to decarbonise heating generally.
Baroness Sheehan (LD)
My Lords, this July, residents of Whitby in Ellesmere Port vetoed plans to be one of two proposed sites for hydrogen village trials out of safety concerns—concerns which were extremely well-founded, I might add, given that hydrogen is the lightest element in the periodic table and notoriously difficult to control. I have two questions. Can the Minister confirm that the residents of Redcar in Teesside will have a similar right of veto? Which other locations are now being considered for these ill-advised hydrogen boiler trials?
Lord Callanan (Con)
Public acceptability is a key component; that is why we ruled out Whitby for the trial. Redcar is the only other location being considered.