HC Deb 11 May 1976 vol 911 c143W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what would be the capital cost to the electricity industry in the United Kingdom if the targets set by Draft Directive 90/76 were extended to coal consumed in power stations.

Mr. Eadie

The CEGB estimates that the extension of the provisions in the draft directive to secure comparable limitations on sulphur emissions from power station coal would require installation of flue-gas desulphurisation equipment at a capital cost in excess of £1,500 million.

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