§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Energy what estimates he has made of likely power generation levels from coal, oil, nuclear power, and hydro-electric sources, respectively, by 1980, expressed in percentage terms.
§ Mr. BennForecasts of the consumption of primary energy were given in the Department's evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology Energy Resources Sub-Committee and were published by them in Minutes of Evidence [155-viii]. The forecasts, which covered a range of assumptions, implied power generation levels in 1980 as follows:
per cent. Coal … 43–66 Oil … 15–39 Nuclear and Hydro … 17–18 Natural Gas … 5–6