Concentrating Solar Power And The Creation Of A High Voltage Direct Current Supergrid

EDM number 123 in 2008-09, proposed by Howard Stoate on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Renewable energy.

That this House recognises the great potential of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) in desert regions as a source of clean energy for countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EUMENA); welcomes the Prime Minister's endorsement of CSP and its potential in his speech at the inaugural meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean; notes that CSP is already feeding electricity into the European transmission grid, that CSP plants are quick to build, and that the UK may benefit soon from this source of power via the existing grid; further notes that the existing grid may be upgraded with high voltage direct current technologies and smart electronics; further notes that the resulting supergrid would be a cost-effective means of promoting the security, efficiency and stability of electricity supplies throughout the region, and will in any case be needed for a single market for electricity and to provide access to large-scale but remote sources of renewable energy; and calls on the Government to promote these developments vigorously, to work with its international partners to remove overt and hidden subsidies for non-renewable sources of energy, to ensure that a proper price is paid for carbon dioxide emissions, to provide a system of support for renewable energy technologies that is harmonised across the region, to support existing moves to develop a single market for electricity throughout the EU, to extend that single market to EUMENA, and to put in place appropriate mechanisms for upgrading the transmission grid throughout the region.

This motion has been signed by a total of 179 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Howard Stoate	04/12/2008	Dartford	Labour	Proposed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	08/12/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	09/12/2008	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/12/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	15/12/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	15/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	15/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	12/01/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	12/01/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	12/01/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	12/01/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/01/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/01/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sally Keeble	12/01/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	13/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/01/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/01/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	13/01/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Joan Humble	13/01/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	14/01/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	14/01/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	14/01/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	14/01/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Ottaway	14/01/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	15/01/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	15/01/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/01/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	15/01/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	15/01/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	19/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	19/01/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	19/01/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/01/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	19/01/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	19/01/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Lembit	19/01/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	19/01/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	19/01/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	19/01/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/01/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	20/01/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	20/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	21/01/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	22/01/2009	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Wood	26/01/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	26/01/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Amess	26/01/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	27/01/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	27/01/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	27/01/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Dowd	29/01/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	02/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	03/02/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	03/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	04/02/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	05/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	11/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	11/02/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	04/03/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	04/03/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	09/03/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Emily Thornberry	10/03/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	10/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	10/03/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	12/03/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	12/03/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	13/03/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	18/03/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	20/03/2009	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Matthew Taylor	23/03/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	26/03/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	30/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	30/03/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	30/03/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	31/03/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	31/03/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	31/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	01/04/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	01/04/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	01/04/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Ian Cawsey	01/04/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/04/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/04/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/04/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	02/04/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	02/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/04/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
David Laws	02/04/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/04/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	20/04/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	20/04/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	20/04/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	20/04/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	20/04/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/04/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	20/04/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/04/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/04/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Plaskitt	21/04/2009	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	22/04/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Ainger	22/04/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	22/04/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	24/04/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	27/04/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Syms	28/04/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	29/04/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Heath	05/05/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	05/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/05/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/05/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	06/05/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	06/05/2009	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/05/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Smith	07/05/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	12/05/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	12/05/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	13/05/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Caborn	13/05/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	13/05/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	18/05/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gordon Banks	19/05/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	19/05/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	20/05/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/05/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	20/05/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	20/05/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	21/05/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Simon Burns	21/05/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/06/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	04/06/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	04/06/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	12/06/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	16/06/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	23/06/2009			Signed
Alan Reid	12/10/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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