Colonel Hutchisonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the shortage of electric power, he will give the date of the completion of the station at Blaehead and the approximate all-in capital cost per kilowatt; and how this capital cost compares with other post-war thermal stations.
§ Mr. GaitskellWhen completed the Braehead generating station will contain four 50,000 kilowatt turbo alternators, three of which have been sanctioned under the Electricity (Supply) Acts. I am informed by the British Electricity Authority that the section of the station now under construction, to contain two of these turbo alternators, should begin to operate in 1951. The Authority will doubtless publish further details in due course.