§ Mr. Bossomasked the Minister of Fuel and Power (1) if he will give a list of the estimated additional amounts of coal and fuel oil required per year by the 50 additions which are to be made to existing generating plants throughout the country;
(2) what estimate he has made of the amount or percentage of heat, in thermal units generated, which will not be utilised in the 25 new generating stations that are in course of construction or projected throughout the country;
(3) how much coal and fuel oil is being used per year in each of the 25 central generating stations which are in course of construction in this country; and how much he estimates will be used when these stations have been completed.
§ Mr. GaitskellIt is impossible at this stage to give precise estimates of the coal or fuel oil consumption for individual new stations or plant extensions which are still in the course of construction. Total annual fuel consumption by power stations will, however, probably be 5 million tons of solid fuel and 60,000 tons of fuel oil greater in 1952 than in 1948. I am informed that the average thermal efficiency of the new stations after allowing for power used to drive station auxiliaries is estimated at 26 per cent.