HC Deb 21 May 1976 vol 911 cc734-5W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Secretary of State for Energy, in 1970, 1975 and currently, what percentage and amounts in coal equivalent terms the electricity supply industry used of the following: coal, oil, hydroelectricty and nuclear energy.

Mr. Eadie

This information can be obtained from Table 9 ofEnergy Trends published monthly by my Department and available in the Library of the House. Figures for March, the latest month for which details are available,

Coal Oil Hydro Nuclear Total*
(Million tons coal equivalent)
1970 … … … … 76.2 20.8 2.0 7.7 106.7
% … … … … 71.4 19.5 1.9 7.2 100
1975 … … … … 73.4 21.1 1.6 9.3 105.4
% … … … … 69.6 20.0 1.6 8.8 100
March 1976 … … … … 8.3 2.1 0.2 1.1 11.7
% … … … … 70.9 18.0 1.7 9.4 100
* Excludes natural gas which amounted to 0.2, 3.4 and 0.3 million tons coal equivalent, respectively