§ 52. Mr. Warbeyasked the Minister of Power what, in terms of coal equivalent, was the energy consumption in Great Britain during each of the years 5W 1957 to 1961, and what is his forecast for 1962; and what, for each year, is the break-down between coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power and hydro-electric power.
FUEL CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (Million tons of coal equivalent) — 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Coal (1) … … 207.6 198.6 196.6 195.5 190.0 Oil (2) … … 36.7 47.2 56.0 65.6 70.8 Hydro-electricity (3) … … 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.0 Nuclear-electricity (3) … … 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.3 Colliery methane (4) … … 0.03 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 TOTAL … … 246.0 247.5 244.7 263.9 264.3 (1) After adjustment for coke, etc. exported or put to stock. The figures previously published have been slightly amended. (2) The coal equivalent of oil is taken as 1.7 times its weight. Including 0.2 million tons of imported liquid methane in 1959 and 1960 together, and small quantities of natural gas marketed by the oil industry. (3) Converted to coal equivalent according to the amount of coal needed to produce electricity at the current efficiency of steam stations. (4) Converted to coal equivalent at 300 therms per ton.