Biomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability Framework Debate

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Department: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Biomass Strategy 2023: Cross Sectoral Sustainability Framework

Earl Attlee Excerpts
Wednesday 15th November 2023

(11 months, 3 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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I absolutely agree with the first part of the noble Baroness’s question. She is right that there needs to be a variety of sources of power: renewable sources, biomass linked to carbon capture and storage, and long-term hydrogen production. Of course, in the net zero strategy we look at all these things in the round, linked to a long-term analysis of how the power needs of the UK are best met going forward.

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee (Con)
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My Lords, when wood decomposes, does it release CO2 naturally?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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I think it does, but I am not going to get into a scientific debate about it. It certainly does when it is burned, but of course it absorbs CO2 when it is growing; that is the nature of it being sustainable.