The Economics of Renewable Energy

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1 HOUSE OF LORDS Select Committee on Economic Affairs 4th Report of Session The Economics of Renewable Energy Volume II: Evidence Ordered to be printed 12 November 2008 and published 25 November 2008 Published by the Authority of the House of Lords London : The Stationery Office Limited HL Paper

2 CONTENTS Page Oral Evidence Professor Paul Ekins and Dr Neil Strachan, King's College London Oral Evidence, 6 May Professor AbuBakr Bahaj, Southampton University, Professor Tony Bridgwater, Aston University and Dr Simon Watson, Loughborough University Oral Evidence, 6 May Mr Benet Northcote, Chief Policy Adviser, Greenpeace, Dr Tim Jenkins, Economics Campaigner, Air Dave Timms, and Ms Robin Webster, Senior Energy and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Oral Evidence, 13 May Mr Malcolm Keay, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Oral Evidence, 13 May Mr Campbell Dunford, Chief Executive and Drjohn Constable, Policy and Research Director, Renewable Energy Foundation Oral Evidence, 3 June Supplementary Written Evidence 45 Mr Philip Wolfe, Chief Executive, Renewable Energy Association; Ms Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, British Wind Energy Association; and Mr William Heller, Chief Executive, Falck Renewables Limited Written Evidence (British Wind Energy Association) 55 Oral Evidence, 10 June Professor David Newbery, Cambridge University, and Professor Dieter Helm, Oxford University Written Evidence (Professor David Newbery) 71 Oral Evidence, 10 June Dr Keith MacLean, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scottish and Southern Energy pic, Mr Sarwjit Sambhi, Director, Power Business Unit, Centrica and Mr Bob Taylor, Managing Director, Generation, E.ONUK Written Evidence (Scottish and Southern Energy pic) 85 Written Evidence (Centrica) 95 Written Evidence (E.ON UK) 104 Oral Evidence, 17 June Supplementary Written Evidence (E.ON) 118 Professor Gordon MacKerron, Sussex University Oral Evidence, 17 June

3 Mr Chris Bennett, Future Transmission Networks Manager, and Ms Nicola Pitts, Head of UK and EU Public Affairs, National Grid Written Evidence 127 Oral Evidence, 24 June Supplementary Written Evidence 144 Dr David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Technologies Institute Written Evidence 146 Oral Evidence, 24 June Ms Vivienne Cox, Executive Vice President and CEO of Alternative Energy, BP; and Mr James Smith, Chairman, Shell UK Oral Evidence, 1 July Mr Neil Hirst, Director for Energy Technology and R&D, International Energy Agency Oral Evidence, 1 July Mr Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive, and Mr Stephen Smith, Managing Director, Networks, Of gem Written Evidence 171 Oral Evidence, 8 July Supplementary Written Evidence 188 Mr Steve Read, Investment Manager, Ms CoraJie Laurencin, Associate, Climate Change Capital, anddrkarsten Neuhqff, University of Cambridge Written Evidence (Dr Karsten Neuhoff) 191 Oral Evidence, 8 July Supplementary Written Evidence (Dr Karsten Neuhoff) 208 Malcolm Wicks, a Member of the House of Commons, Minister of State for Energy, Mr Simon Virley, Head of the Renewable Energy and Innovation Unit, and Ms Tera Alias, Chief Economist Energy Group, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) Written Evidence 210 Oral Evidence, 15 July Written Evidence Professor Andrew Bain 227 Ms Carolyn Barker -230 Mr Derek Birkett 231 Bishopton Village Hall Management Committee 233 Mr Philip Bratby 233 British Energy 237 British Hydropower Association 246 Campaign for Responsible Energy and Development in Tynedale (CREDIT) 248 Campaign to Protect Rural England, Devon 251 Campaign to Protect Rural England, Durham 253 Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) 255 Peter and Maureen Caswell 258 Christofferson Robb & Company 261

4 Jane and Julian Davis 265 EDF Energy 271 EEF 282 Energy Networks Association 285 Energy Technology for Sustainable Development Group 288 Energywatch 290 Environmental Defense Fund 297 Environmental Industries Commission 300 Environmental Research Institute 303 Dr John Etherington 306 Mrs Barbara J Frey 307 Genersys pic 311 Mr Colin Gibson 313 Christiane Golling and Marco Nicolosi, Institute of Energy Economics, Cologne 316 Griinhaus Project, Liverpool 319 Mr Peter Hadden 324 J.H.R. Hampson 335 Highlands Against Wind Farms 339 Highlands Before Pylons 339 Rear Admiral Robin Hogg and Professor Leslie Bradbury. 342 Mr Robert Horler 347 House of Bishops' Europe Panel, Church of England 348 W.J. Hyde 350 Institute of Physics 355 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) 361 Institution of Mechanical Engineers 372 Mrs Delia Jack 374 Professor Michael Jefferson 375 Professor Nick Jelley 378 John Muir Trust 380 Mr Neil Kermode 383 Professor Michael Laughton 387 Lawrence Graham LLP. 393 Dr and Mrs J Lyne 398 Dr Rayner Mayer and Dr Roger Bentley 399 Sir Donald Miller 405 Mynydd Llansadwrn Action Group 410 Natural England 415 Mr Michael Negus 418 Mrs N Penk, Mr C Penk and Mr DPC Penk, Pitfield Farm 419 Mr Richard Phillips 420 Renewable Energy Association 424 Renewable Energy Finance-Policy Project, Chatham House 428 Renewable Energy Systems UK and Ireland Ltd 432 Research Councils UK 438 Royal Academy of Engineering 445 Royal Society of Edinburgh 453 Scientists for Global Responsibility 459 Scottish Power Limited 464 Scottish Sustainable Energy Foundation 472 Mr Alan L. Shaw 475 Professor Peter F Smith 476

5 Mr Paul Spare 480 Town and Country Planning Association 484 Two Moors Campaign 491 Wavegen 493 Revd. John Wylam 494 NOTE: The Report of the Committee is published in Volume I, HL Paper No The Evidence of the Committee is published in Volume II, HL Paper No