| Heading: |
Drax Power Station |
| Question ID: |
1728003 |
| UIN: |
HL867 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
2533 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Birt
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Birt
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether burning biomass at Drax Power Station will be an element of their strategy for achieving their net zero carbon emissions target. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-23 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
2024 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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| Answering Member handle: |
lordphilofbrum
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@lordphilofbrum
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| Answer text: |
As outlined by groups including the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies such as Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technologies can play a role in supporting net zero... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |