§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much electricity was generated from nuclear generators in the UK, and what proportion of all electricity used in the UK was generated from(a) nuclear generation and (b) UK-based nuclear generation, in each year since 1990. [82800]
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§ Mr. WilsonThe available information is shown in the following table and covers electricity supplied from nuclear sources.
Percentage of UK electricity supplied from Electricity supplied from UK based nuclear generators UK based nuclear generators Imports1 1990 58.7 19.0 3.8 1991 62.8 19.8 5.2 1992 69.1 21.9 5.3 1993 81.0 25.4 5.2 1994 80.0 24.7 5.2 1995 80.6 24.1 4.9 1996 85.8 24.6 4.8 1997 89.3 25.7 4.8 1998 90.6 25.5 3.5 1999 87.7 24.2 4.0
Electricity generated from renewable sources GWh Hydro Biofuels and wastes Wind and wave Solar photo-voltaics Small scale Large scale Landfill gas Sewage sludge digestion Municipal solid waste combustion Other biofuels Wastes Total biofuels and wastes Total 1990 9 — 127 5,080 139 316 140 — 83 678 5,894 1991 9 — 142 4,482 208 328 151 1 88 776 5,409 1992 33 — 149 5,282 377 328 177 52 104 1,038 6,502 1993 217 — 159 4,143 447 378 251 122 165 1,363 5,883 1994 344 — 159 4,935 517 361 449 192 352 1,870 7,307 1995 392 — 166 4,672 562 410 471 199 412 2,053 7,283 1996 488 — 118 3,275 708 410 490 197 417 2,221 6,101 1997 667 — 164 4,005 918 408 585 199 483 2,593 7,428 1998 877 — 206 4,911 1,185 386 849 234 583 3,237 9,231 1999 850 1 207 5,128 1,703 410 856 460 558 3,987 10,174 2000 947 1 214 4,871 2,188 367 862 473 532 4,422 10,454 2001 967 2 210 3,845 2,507 363 948 770 488 5,076 10,099 Source:
Department of Trade and Industry