HC Deb 11 July 1978 vol 953 cc496-8W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table indicating the volume of electricity generated by (a) coal-fired stations, (b) oil-fired stations, (c) nuclear stations, (d) hydro-electric stations and (e) other methods for each of the countries of the EEC, showing where appropriate what portion of hydro-electric generation is by pump-storage methods.

Mr. Eadie

The following table shows, in TWh hours, the quantities of electricity generated according to energy source in EEC countries in 1976. The figures relate to generation by the public supply and by industrial auto-producers.

Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom Ireland Denmark Total EEC
Conventional thermal generation from:
Hard coal and coke … … 93.6 46.9 3.6 2.6 8.1 0 179.4 0.1 9.4 343.7
Lignite, brown coal and derivatives … … 97.5 3.4 1.3 — — — — 2.1* — 104.3
Petroleum products (non-gaseous) … … 34.1 70.3 93.1 4.5 16.8 0.2 47.9 5.5 11.5 283.9
Natural gas … … 56.2 10.4 14.0 44.1 9.2 0.5 7.4 — — 141.8
Derived gases … … 10.1 6.5 3.3 1.6 2.8 0.3 1.0 — — 25.6
Other fuels … … 3.9 0.7 1.0 1.4 0.1 0 — — — 7.1
Nuclear electricity … … 24.2 15.8 3.8 3.9 10.0 — 36.2 — — 93.9
Hydro electricity:
From natural flow … … 12.7 49.0 39.2 — 0.1 0 3.7 0.6 0 105.3
From pumped storage … … 1.4 0.4 1.8 — 0.2 0.5 1.4 0.3 — 6.0
Geothermal electricity … … — — 2.5 — — — — — — 2.5
Total generation … … 333.7 203.4 163.6 58.1 47.3 1.5 277.0 8.6 20.9 1,114.1
* From peat.
0 Represents less than 0.05 TWh.

Source:

Statistical Office of the European Communities: Electrical Energy Statistics 1977.