Geothermal Power: Iceland
Energy and Climate Change
Caroline Flint (Don Valley, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2012, Official Report, column 446, on geothermal energy, if he will make a statement on the memorandum of understanding with the Icelandic Government on geothermal heat and power.
Charles Hendry (Wealden, Conservative)
I signed a memorandum of understanding with the Icelandic Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism on co-operation in the energy sector on
Iceland has considerable knowledge and experience in the deep geothermal sector from which we hope to be able to learn to promote such developments in the UK.