Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Net Zero Emissions Target
"I welcome the announcement. My right hon. Friend will appreciate that this has policy implications right the way through central Government, devolved authorities and local government. Can he reassure the House that central Government will lean forward and engage with every part of the United Kingdom to make sure we …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jun 2019
Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme
"My hon. Friend makes a good point about some of the dangers that coalminers faced at the coalface. In Clackmannanshire, which I represent, we still see not only the dangers that they faced back at the time, but the legacy and the long-term health impacts. Does he agree that it …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jun 2019
Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme
"I do not want to break the consensus that is building in the Chamber tonight, but the hon. Lady calls this an injustice and blames the Government. Why, then, did Ministers in the Labour Administration stand at the Dispatch Box in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and refuse to have that …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jun 2019
Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme
"The hon. Lady is talking about returns. Does she recognise that a 40% return on an investment fund is extraordinary? One does not have to be a City hedge fund manager to understand that. A lot of that is down to the fact that the Government are a guarantor. Does …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Jun 2019
Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
Climate Action and Extinction Rebellion
"Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming the 2017 PwC report which shows that the United Kingdom is the fastest decarbonising nation of the G7? Can she tell us how the Government are supporting new technologies, such as the use of hydrogen to heat domestic homes in the …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Asked by:
Luke Graham (Conservative - Ochil and South Perthshire)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has allocated to offshore wind in Scotland since 2010.
Answered by Claire Perry
Offshore wind is supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) and Contracts for Difference (CfD). The RO was available to all eligible generators[1]. Since 2015 onwards, support has been awarded on a competitive basis using Contracts for Difference (CfD). The offshore wind capacity brought forward in Scottish waters through RO and CfD since 2010 is approximately 2.3 GW[2].
The costs of these schemes are paid for through consumers’ energy bills and managed by Ofgem and the Low Carbon Contracts Company. From 2010 to 2017/18, the last financial year for which spend figures are available, there has been £355.6 million of spending under the RO on offshore wind in Scotland. No CfD payments were made in respect of offshore wind generation in Scotland during the same period.
Innovation has been key in bringing down the costs of offshore wind. The work of the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, based in Glasgow and Levenmouth, has been, and will continue to be, important, in this. For example in June 2018 the ORE Catapult announced a £1.3 million programme of technology innovation projects designed to advance Scotland’s offshore wind sector[i]. In 2018, the Government also announced a further £73.5 million, five-year funding plan for the ORE Catapult.
[1] The RO closed to new capacity on 31 March 2017 (with exceptions that extended the deadline to 31 March 2018 for certain offshore wind stations). Accredited capacity will receive support for 20 years or until the final closure of the scheme on 31 March 2037, whichever is the earlier.
[2] CfDs awarded for 2,062 MW; under RO total installed at the end of 2017/18 was 218.5 MW.
[i] https://ore.catapult.org.uk/press-releases/innovation-funding-boost-scottish-offshore-wind/
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progress
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progress
"I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate. Does she welcome the fact that, as the PricewaterhouseCoopers report states, the UK has decarbonised faster than any other G20 country and has decreased its emissions by 29% in the last decade alone? It is a British success story, but there …..."Luke Graham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
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