§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, by constituency, existing combined heat and power schemes; and if he will show whether they are(a) 0 to 500 kW, (b) 500 kW to 10 MW, (c) 10 MW to 100 MW, or (d) over 100 MW.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryMy Department's current estimate is that there are about 500 sites in the United Kingdom using CHP plant with a total capacity of some 2,000 MW. Of this total 1,800 MW is comprised of schemes of over 500 kW, located on 120 sites in industry. The remainder comprises smaller schemes in public arid commercial buildings.
The Director General of Electricity Supply has a duty under the Electricity Act 1989 to gather information on generating plant. The Office of Electricity Regulation—OFFER—is, in conjunction with industry, in the process of compiling a database of CHP projects operating in Great Britain. The detailed information requested by the hon. Member should be available from OFFER when the database is operational.