§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the minimum number of existing power stations required to produce 75 per cent. of the total electrical power generation capacity of the United Kingdom, and whether they will list those power stations together with their rated output, in descending order of output.
§ Lord Gray of ContinCommissioned power stations operated by the electricity utilities, BNFL and UKAEA, but excluding pumped storage and reserve plant, had a total generating capacity of 60.5 gigawatts sent out as at 31st October 1984. Following are the 36 stations with the largest declared net capability which together account for 75 per cent. (45.4 GW) of the capacity:
Station Capacity (MW sent out) Cumulative Capacity (MW sent out) Longannet 2,304 2,304 Drax 2,050 4,354 Fawley 2,000 6,354 Ferrybridge C 2,000 8,354 Pembroke 2,000 10,354 Ratcliffe-on-Soar 2,000 12,354 Fiddlers Ferry 1,948 14,302 Cottam 1,940 16,242 Kingsnorth 1,920 18,162 Didcot 1,915 20,077 West Burton 1,908 21,985 Eggborough 1,788 23,773 Tilbury B 1,344 25,117 Aberthaw B 1,330 26,447 Grain 1,262 27,709 West Thurrock 1,240 28,949 Peterhead 1,226 30,175 Cockenzie 1,152 31,327 Blyth B 1,100 32,427 Ballylumford B 1,080 33,507 Hinkley Point B 1,040 34,547 Hunterston B 1,000 35,547 Thorpe Marsh 998 36,545 Rugeley B 970 37,515 Ironbridge B 954 38,469 High Marrnan 930 39,395 Drakelow C 860 40,259 Wylfa 840 41,099 Inverkip 642 41,741 Littlebrook 631 42,372 Drax completion 625 42,997 Castle Donington 564 43,561 Rugeley A 560 44,121 Ince B 530 44,651 Kilroot 460 45,111 Blyth A 448 45,559