Renewable Energy: EC Law
Energy and Climate Change
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive for the operation of the renewables obligation in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
Joan Ruddock (Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Lewisham, Deptford, Labour)
DECC officials are currently scoping the implications of the Renewable Energy Directive across all areas. The directive includes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, and also sets a requirement on the European Commission to report on the need for sustainability criteria for solid biomass used for electricity and heat generation by the end of the year. At this point officials can begin the work to ensure that the Renewables Obligation is compliant.