HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 c319W
Mr. Stern

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how large a United Kingdom market he now envisages for the use of landfill gas.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At the present time, 35 landfill gas schemes are operational and a further 30 are at the planning stage. Of the existing schemes, 13 are generating electricity with a capacity of 16 MW. The additional schemes planned will increase such capacity to about 60 MW.