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Renewable Energy: Expenditure

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on the development of (a) renewable fuels and (b) clean engines in the last three years. (245868)

I have been asked to reply.

The Department's expenditure in these areas falls to the Research Councils and the Technology Strategy Board.

Research Councils’ total expenditure on bioenergy (including biofuels and biomass) and clean engines was £8.45 million and £1.65 million respectively for the years 2005-08.

Technology Strategy Board’s total expenditure on collaborative R and D projects in the areas of bioenergy and clean engines was £2.98 million and £1.64 million respectively for the years 2005-08.