(Con):...The
noble Lord, , also referred to district
heating, which is closely linked to energy
from waste I do not understand why we are not
using more energy from
waste or, indeed, combined heat and power. I
remember going to visit SELCHP, the south-east London combined
heat and power scheme, before it actually became the combined
heat and power scheme. It seems that we solve two problems in one
go, if we go down the path of energy from
waste and combined heat and power. We are disposing
of hard to get rid of rubbish; we want to incinerate it, because
we cannot get rid of it in landfill—it is very hard to get rid
of. North Yorkshire and I think probably most local authorities
are exporting this rubbish to countries such as Holland, where it
is burned and goes into the local network. I hope that my noble
friend and the department will learn from the Danes and other
Scandinavians, as well as the Austrians and Germans, who use
this, as my aunt and uncle in Denmark have enjoyed over a period
of time, to reduce their heating and hot water costs by feeding
the energy from
waste into the local grid, so the local community
benefits...
(GP):...Another bit of wishful thinking is the Government’s
approach to waste incineration, which has driven me mad since I
was a councillor. It is good that the Government state:
“The amount of electricity that can be generated from EfW”—
or energy from waste—
“is constrained by the availability of its feedstock, which is
set to reduce further by 2035 as a result of government policy.”
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