Results 1-6 of 6 for climate change speaker:Howard Stoate

Power Cuts (North-West Kent) (20 Oct 2009)

Howard Stoate: ...by individual constituents, reflecting many of my own experiences, so I do not need to rehearse those. When I wrote about this matter to Lord Hunt, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, he replied: "The purpose of the Guaranteed Standards system is to encourage companies to provide acceptable standards of service, not to penalise them for events beyond their...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (25 Jun 2009)

Howard Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to encourage energy suppliers to simplify (a) tariffs and (b) bill format for domestic customers.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Distribution (4 Nov 2008)

Howard Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of proposals to create a high voltage direct current supergrid covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa as a means of allowing renewable energy from a variety of sources to be transmitted across the region in a secure and cost-effective fashion; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Solar Power: North Africa (4 Nov 2008)

Howard Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking in conjunction with EU partners to help promote and facilitate the development of Concentrated Solar Power stations in the desert regions of North Africa; and if he will make a statement.

Concentrated Solar Power (28 Feb 2008)

Howard Stoate: ...a pressing need for concerted governmental action to promote CSP and pave the way for an HVDC grid. Although CSP plants are being built and HVDC transmission lines are being installed, actions and changes in policies are needed to remove unnecessary obstacles and smooth the path for such developments. Those changes are needed mainly at the level of the European Union or beyond, but there...

Thames Gateway (20 Oct 2005)

Howard Stoate: ...? Or is it both? How do the Government intend to reconcile those two conflicting objectives? I should welcome clarification in the winding-up speech. Dartford is no stranger to development and change. The gradual withdrawal of heavy industry has left many regeneration areas that are gradually being transformed into new communities. That is making the area a more pleasant place in which to...