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Funding: Energy Generation

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how much funding his Department has provided through the Technology Strategy Board for projects relating to (a) energy generation, (b) renewable energy generation, (c) energy transmission and (d) energy efficiency, broken down by region in each year since its inception; (217832)

(2) how much funding his Department has provided through grants for research and development for projects relating to (a) energy generation, (b) renewable energy generation, (c) energy transmission and (d) energy efficiency in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

[holding answer 10 July 2008]: The following tables cover funding provided to projects relating to energy generation, renewable energy generation and energy transmission. No figures are provided for energy efficiency however as a significant proportion of the Technology Strategy Board's current portfolio of 750 projects with a combined business and Government investment of over £1 billion, are driven by considerations of efficiency, both energy and natural resource. Identifying relevant projects and providing a regional breakdown for these can be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

The funding identified in the tables cover grants awarded by Energy Group in the then DTI, both prior to, and following the establishment of the advisory Technology Strategy Board, to October 2004. It also includes grants awarded by the executive Technology Strategy Board, established on 1 July 2007. It does not include grants awarded in the area of clean coal technologies, worth £5 million in 2003-04, and approximately £6.5 million in 2004-05. Identifying and providing a regional breakdown for these projects can be achieved only at disproportionate cost.

The regional breakdown provided relates to the location of the lead partner in a consortium. It does not therefore reflect the funding provided to organisations based in each of the regions.

Energy generation

£

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2000-07

2007-08

East Midlands

1,783,409

934,932

1,798,893

2,087,397

2,863,541

East of England

0

3,880,892

0

1,188,846

2,232,816

London

477,000

304,500

0

1,358,568

2,172,591

North East

4,508,163

304,129

2,112,719

184,523

1,954,915

North West

224,339

1,040,100

687,072

212,721

322,271

N Ireland

0

42,170

0

0

0

Scotland

3,725,974

478,260

1,876,729

0

4,737,367

South East

1,361,990

6,939,332

2,987,893

2,198,825

5,672,088

South West

5,208,057

1,308,367

1,628,662

1,484,967

958,668

Wales

0

0

574,802

0

0

West Midlands

519,587

81,966

2,536.958

1,140,926

1,288,459

Yorkshire

27,250

403,728

0

227,746

391,466

Renewable energy generation

£

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

East Midlands

45,829

934,932

0

861,000

1,319.009

East of England

0

3,536,000

0

1,186,846

524,318

London

477,000

304,500

0

695,034

0

North East

3,783,538

130,286

1.044,843

0

1,344,915

North West

94,250

1,015,778

0

0

0

N Ireland

0

42,170

0

0

0

Scotland

3,694,436

235,861

1,025,866

0

777,473

South East

971,530

4,773,644

0

1,689,108

4,738,025

South West

5,208,057

1,308,367

605,159

1,484,967

0

Wales

0

0

574,802

0

0

West Midlands

400,000

81,966

0

1,140,926

0

Yorkshire

27,250

403,728

0

227,746

391,466

Energy transmission

£

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

East Midlands

0

0

0

1,226,397

704,874

East of England

0

324,892

0

0

0

London

0

0

0

661,534

0

North East

724,625

173,843

1,067,876

184,523

32,000

North West

130,089

24,322

687,072

212,721

0

N Ireland

0

0

0

0

0

Scotland

0

242,399

111,479

0

490,000

South East

0

481,983

0

0

0

Southwest

0

0

0

0

0

Wales

0

0

0

0

0

West Midlands

119,587

0

2,300,000

0

0

Yorkshire

0

0

0

0

0