§ Mr. John Mooreasked 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, respectively.
§ Mr. EadieThe latest information available is for 1976. It is not possible to give precise figures of electricity generated from coal or oil, but estimates provided by the industry for these fuels are in the following table:
Electricity generated by public supply—United Kingdom 1976 Source of generation: Terawatt hours Coal (a) (b) 171.9 Oil (b) 40.0 Natural Gas 6.1 Nuclear power 32.4 Hydro-electricity (c) 4.5 Total 254.9 (a) Including a small quantity of coke. (b) Estimated. (c) Including pumped storage.