PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coal Fired Power Stations: Carbon Capture and Storage (13 February 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on CO2 emissions of lowering the 300MW rating threshold above which combustion based power stations are required to demonstrate that they are carbon capture ready.

Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)

The Government consulted on the appropriate threshold for carbon capture readiness in 2008. Following this consultation, the 300MW threshold as required in the Carbon Capture Storage Directive was adopted in legislation.

Answered by:
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
27 February 2020