Clause 2
Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill
2:45 pm
Charles Hendry (Shadow Minister, Energy and Climate Change; Wealden, Conservative)
In the course of the Energy Act 2004, there was a proposal that the maximum capacity for small-scale combined heat and power as a low-carbon technology should also be set at 5 MW. The Government rejected that and it was kept as 50 kW. Will the Minister clarify how that ties in? Combined heat and power systems are specifically included within the Government’s definition of microgeneration. There will now be some doubt in people’s minds about where the 50 kW limit and the 5 MW capacity come in.