MEP questions focus on wind energy
17 December 2008
In a debate in the European Parliament on renewable energy, Jim Allister MEP has expressed doubt about the focus on wind energy, but welcomed emphasis on fuel from waste, both agricultural and industrial.
Extract from contribution:-
"I am not one carried away by much of the hysteria over energy and climate change, but pursuing renewable energy is sensible. However, it must be economically sustainable. On that basis I'm far from convinced about the rush to wind energy through unachievable targets.
But my primary observation is to support the move from agro-fuel and the focus of biomass on waste streams, not food. Turning waste, agricultural, domestic and industrial, into energy has always seemed to me the most sensible of all the renewable options. Thus development of the third generation of energy from biomass and biogas has my full support."
