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Biofuels: Carbon Emissions

Lords · Question HL4363 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2025

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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 ...