Environmental Audit - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 March 2006.

Wednesday 26 October 2005

Members present:

Mr Peter Ainsworth, in the Chair	David Howarth
Ms Celia Barlow	Mr Nick Hurd
Mr Martin Caton	Dr Desmond Turner
Colin Challen	Joan Walley
Mr David Chaytor

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CONTENTS

Memorandum submitted by the Susses Energy Group

Table 1: DTI targets versus optimised Generating Portfolios (UK 2010)

Table 2: Wind Deployment offsets sizeable Macroeconomic Oil-GDP Losses

Witnesses: Professor Gordon MacKerron, Director, Dr Jim Watson, Senior Fellow, and Dr Alister Scott, Research Fellow, Sussex Energy Group, examined.

Question Numbers

104-119

120-139

140-145

Memorandum submitted by the British Wind Energy Association

Memorandum submitted by David Milborrow

Table 1: Onshore Wind Current Estimates of Generating Costs (£/MWh)

Table 2: Present and Future Offshore Wind Generating Costs, £MWh

Table 3: Gas-fired Generation Costs, £MW/h

Witnesses: Mr Chris Shears, Renewable Energy Systems and BWEA Chair, Mr Marcus Rand, Chief Executive, Dr Gordon Edge, Head of Offshore, British Wind Energy Association, and Mr David Milborrow, Independent Consultant, examined.

146-159

160-179

180-189

Memorandum submitted by the Energy Saving Trust

Memorandum submitted by the Micropower Council

Witnesses: Mr Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive, and Dr Nick Eyre, Strategy Director, Energy Saving Trust; and Mr Dave Sowden, Chief Executive, Micropower Council, examined.

190-199

200-216

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Energy Saving Trust

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Prepared 16 April 2006