Renewable Energy (Hansard, 26 April 1991)

§ Mr. Wallace
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the annual expenditure in each year since 1979 on renewable energy programmes in or for Scotland; and if he will break down the total sum spent among(a) solar active and passive, (b) photovoltaics, (c) biofuels, (d) wind, (e) tidal, (f) wave, (g) geothermal, (h) hydro power (including small systems,) and (i) others.

§ Mr. Allan Stewart
My right hon. Friend the Secretay of State for Energy administers the Government's programme of expenditure on renewable energy in order to stimulate development for the UK as a whole. The table below gives expenditure within that programme since 1979. There is no specific allocation for Scotland.
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1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

External contributions 0.7 0.9 1.9 3.2 2.0 3.3 2.1 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.3

Total 8.9 12.2 19.2 17.9 13.7 18.2 15.3 15.1 20.2 20.7 23.2

¹ Includes expenditure on "waste as a fuel" projects unde the energy efficiency office demonstration scheme.

Notes:
1. Where available external contributions include both private sector, generating boards and the European Commission.
2. Up to 1986–87 total for RED also includes expenditure on low head hydro and general studies to 1986–87. These are separately identified for 1987–88 and include work carried out by the chief scientist group ETSU.

§ Mr. Wallace
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of renewable energy potentials in Scotland by type of source including(a) solar active and passive, (b) photovoltaics, (c) biofuels, (d) wind, (e) tidal, (f) wave, (g) geothermal, (h) hydro power (including small systems) and (i) others.

§ Mr. Allan Stewart
The potential for the development of renewable energy in the United Kingdom was described in the Department of Energy Paper No. 55 published by HMSO in 1988 "Renewable Energy in the United Kingdom—The Way Forward". It was estimated on a United Kingdom basis that renewable energy might provide by the year 2025:

Electricity producers TWh/year

Wind power onshore 0.30

Tidal 0.28

Geothermal HDR7 0–10

Wave 0–0.2

Small-scale hydro 0.3–0.7

Electricity producers Mice/year

Passive solar 1–2

Biofuels:

Wet and dry wastes 3–10

Forestry 1–5

	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90
External contributions	0.7	0.9	1.9	3.2	2.0	3.3	2.1	3.1	3.9	4.7	5.3
Total	8.9	12.2	19.2	17.9	13.7	18.2	15.3	15.1	20.2	20.7	23.2
¹ Includes expenditure on "waste as a fuel" projects unde the energy efficiency office demonstration scheme.

Electricity producers	TWh/year
Wind power onshore	0.30
Tidal	0.28
Geothermal HDR7	0–10
Wave	0–0.2
Small-scale hydro	0.3–0.7
Electricity producers	Mice/year
Passive solar	1–2
Biofuels:
Wet and dry wastes	3–10
Forestry	1–5