§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will list each of the electricity generating stations (a) currently on stream and (b) under construction, indicating also the anticipated life of each; what are the actual generation figures for the current year; and what is (c) the proportion of total electricity supply which each station supplies and (d) the principal fuel, whether fossil or nuclear, which provides the energy generation capacity at each station.
§ Mr. Michael Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Energy what megawattage of electricity in the United Kingdom is generated from power stations which run on (a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) nuclear power and (e) hydro-electric power.
§ Mr. EadieThe latest available information is:
UNITED KINGDOM PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY Electricity generated (TWh*) Energy source 1974 1975 Coal† … 147.87‡ 212.14 Oil … 59.56‡ Natural gas … 9.42 8.25 Nuclear power … 29.39 26.52 Hydro-electric§ … 4.23 4.35 Total … 250.47 251.26 * 1 Terawatt hour | 1,000,000,000 kilowatt hours. † Including a small quantity of coke. ‡ Including estimates for electricity generated from stations fired by both coal and oil. Corresponding estimates for 1975 are not yet available. § Including generation by pumped storage stations. This amounted to 0.70 TWh in 1974 and 1.15 TWh in 1975.