Gas-fired Power Stations

HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 cc21-2W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy further to his answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras of 8 January,Official Report, column 475, if he will give the output capacity of each of the gas-fired projects listed together with the likely annual gas consumption in each case.

Mr. Wakeham

The applications from the CEGB for section 2 consent under the Electric Lighting Act 1909 are for gas-fired stations, of the following proposed capacities:

	Megawatt
Killingholme A	1000
Little Barford	700
Killingholme (PowerGen)	700–1000
Rye House	700

The capacities of the stations proposed by independent generators are matters for them.

The projects are at early planning or development stages and gas contracts are in most cases not yet in place.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy (1) how many applications for consent to build gas-fired power stations have been received but not yet granted;

(2) whether he has refused any applications for consent to build a gas-fired power station.

Mr. Wakeham

I have received four applications from the CEGB for my consent to construct combined cycle gas turbine power stations. I shall announce my decisions on these applications in due course.