Biofuels: Carbon Emissions
Lords · Question HL4363 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Boycott
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 3 December (HL Deb col 1089), what is the evidence that sustainably sourced biomass can provide a low-carbon and renewable energy source; whether that evidence has been
Answer
Answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, 6 Feb 2025
Global institutions such as the IPCC, and the UK’s CCC recognise that bioenergy and BECCS can play a significant role in decarbonising economies and meeting net zero provided that appropriate policies are put in place to mitigate the use of unsustainable ...