HC Deb 06 December 1990 vol 182 cc176-9W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the 75 renewable-sourced projects covered by the first order of renewables under the non-fossil fuel obligation giving the location, type of generator and capacity in megawatts in each case and identifying those projects which would have proceeded without benefit of the above market price available under the non-fossil fuel obligation.

Mr. Wakeham

Following is a list of the 75 projects citing location and technology. Some of the generators concerned have not given approval for the capacity of their projects to be published, and I am, therefore, unable to give project-specific information. The 75 projects that the RECs have concluded contracts with in fulfilment of their obligations have an aggregate installed capacity that will build up to some 170 MW. Over half the 75 projects, and over two thirds of the capacity provided by those projects,

Generator Project site Project type
Wessex Water Business Services Ltd Maundown, Avon Hydro
South West Water Services Ltd Plymouth, Devon Hydro
South West Water Services Ltd Okehampton, Devon Hydro
South West Water Services Ltd Okehampton, Devon Hydro
Ralph Adams Chippenham, Wiltshire Hydro
The National Trust Neath, Glamorgan Hydro
Glen Lyn Generations Ltd Glen Lyn Gorge Hydro-electric scheme Hydro
John Brooke & Sons Holdings Ltd Hudersfield, Yorkshire Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Manchester Ship Canal Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Coniston, Cumbria Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Manchester Ship Canal Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Manchester Ship Canal Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Glenridding, Cumbria Hydro
Northern Hydro Ltd Manchester Hydro
R. J. Armstrong Evans Ashburton, Devon Hydro
R. J. Armstrong Evans Tavistock, Devon Hydro
Greta, Lady Wales Garnedd, Dolwyddelan Hydro
Severn Trent Water Ltd Llanidloes, Powys Hydro
Severn Trent Water Ltd Oswestry, Shropshire Hydro
Ingleby (451) Ltd Gwynedd Hydro
Welsh Water Powys Hydro
PJO Wheeler Harbertonford, Totnes Hydro
Hydro Energy Development Derbyshire Hydro
Hydro Energy Development Derbyshire Hydro
Derwent Hydro Milford, Derbyshire Hydro
ECC International Ltd St. Blazy, Cornwall Hydro
Merseyside Development Corporation Otterspool Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd Todhills, Carlisle Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd Fleetwood, Lancashire Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd White Lund, Lancaster Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd Stretford, Manchester Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd Oldham, Manchester Landfill Gas
NORWEB Generation & Land Fill Gas Ltd Swinton, Manchester Landfill Gas
Biffa Waste Services Chorley, Lancashire Landfill Gas
Landfill Gas Ltd Ambergate, Derbyshire Landfill Gas
Landfill Gas Ltd Crich, Ambergate, Derbyshire Landfill Gas
Shanks & McEwan (Southern) Ltd Brogborough, Bedfordshire Landfill Gas
Shanks & McEwan (Southern) Ltd Brogborough, Bedfordshire Landfill Gas
Shanks & McEwan (Southern) Ltd Calvert, Buckinghamshire Landfill Gas
Shanks & McEwan (Southern) Ltd Martley, Worcestershire Landfill Gas
Shanks & McEwan (Southern) Ltd Martley, Worcestershire Landfill Gas
Cory Environment Ltd Stanford le Hope, Essex Landfill Gas
Thomas Graveson Ltd Witton, Norwich Landfill Gas
Thomas Graveson Ltd Worthing, West Sussex Landfill Gas
BFI Packington Ltd Meriden, Coventry Landfill Gas
Tarmac Econowaste Staffordshire Landfill Gas
Blue Circle Industries plc Dartford, Kent Landfill Gas
Blue Circle Industries plc Strood, Rochester, Kent Landfill Gas
ARC Ltd Offham, Kent Landifll Gas
ARC Ltd Tuttle Hill, Warwickshire Landfill Gas
Heybush Ent. Development Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Wind
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd Nr. Denholme, Yorkshire Wind
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd Addinhan, Yorkshire Wind
Wind Electric Ltd Nr Dalabole, Cornwall Wind
PowerGen plc Richborough Power Station, Kent Wind
Renewable Energy Systems Ltd St Mary's Isle of Scilly Wind
UK Wind Farms Ltd Mydydd Cemmaes, Powys Wind
UK Wind Farms Ltd Nr Ulverston, Cumbria Wind
National Power Carmarthen Bay, West Glamorgan Wind
Wessex Water Business Services Ltd Bristol Biogas
Wessex Water Business Services Ltd Avon Biogas
Haul West Ltd Kingsteington, Devon Biogas
North West Water Ltd Lancashire Sewage Gas
North West Water Ltd Tameside, Lancashire Sewage Gas
South West Water Ltd Exeter, Devon Sewage Gas
North West Water Manchester Sewage Gas
North West Water Lancashire Sewage Gas
Isle of Wight County Council Forest Park, Newport Waste Incineration
Energy Supplies Ltd Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Waste Incineration
North London Waste Authority Edmonton, London Waste Incineration
Coventry City Council Coventry, West Midlands Waste Incineration
Elm Energy UK Wolverhampton, West Midlands Waste Incineration
Fibropower Ltd Dias, Suffolk Chicken Litter

are attributable to new projects which would not have been able to go forward without the support of a NFFO contract.

Generator Project site Project type
Fibropower Ltd Scunthorpe, Humberside Chicken Litter
Hanford plc Piddlehinton, Dorset Pig Slurry