§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment was made of the impact on the potential generation of electricity from renewable sources by independent generator prior to the decision to decouple the nuclear and renewable elements of the non-fossil fuel obligations.
§ Mr. BaldryAs my right hon. Friend announced to the House on 12 February,Official Report, column 29, he decided to decouple renewables from the initial order setting a non-fossil fuel obligation so as to enable the large response from renewables operators to be assessed fairly and a full contribution obtained.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what percentage of electricity generated in each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country comes from(a) renewable energy sources, (b) nuclear power and (c) fossil fuel burn.
§ Mr. BaldryThe information requested is as follows:
Percentage1 of Total Electricity Generated by: Renewable energy sources Nuclear power Fossil fuels Australia 11 — 89 Austria 74 — 26 Belgium 2 61 37 Canada 59 16 25 Denmark 1 — 98 Finland 36 35 29 France 13 75 12 Germany2 5 34 61 Greece 6 — 94 Iceland 100 — — Ireland 22 — 78 Italy 20 — 80 Japan 14 24 62 Luxembourg 67 — 33 Netherlands 1 5 93 New Zealand 80 — 20 Norway 100 — — Portugal 28 — 71 Spain 14 38 48 Sweden 51 46 3 Switzerland 57 42 1 Turkey 35 — 65 United Kingdom 2 23 75 United States 9 19 72 1 This information is based on estimated data for 1989 contained in the International Energy Agency publication "Coal Information 1990", Table 13—"Electricity Production by Fuel". 2 Information relates to the former Federal Republic of Germany.