§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many licences he has issued for combined cycle gas turbine power stations; what information he has on how many are under construction or for which construction contracts have been let; and which companies are building the plants.
§ Mr. WakehamThe following combined cycle gas turbine generating—CCGT—stations have been given planning consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989:
- Deeside Power Development Company Ltd.—Deeside Industrial Park, Clywd
- Energy Resources Company Ltd.—Keadby, Humberside
- National Power plc—Killingholme, South Humberside
- National Power plc—Little Barford, Bedfordshire
- PowerGen plc—Killingholme, South Humberside
- PowerGen plc—Rye House, Hertfordshire
- Teesside Power Ltd.—Wilton, Cleveland
The following applications for consent for CCGT generating stations are still being considered:
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- Barking Power Ltd.—Barking, London
- Coryton Cogen Ltd.—Coryton, Essex
- National Power plc—Didcot, Oxfordshire
- National Power plc—Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire
- PowerGen plc—Plymouth, Devon
- Rugby Power Co. Ltd.—Rugby, Warwickshire
- Texaco Ltd.—Angle Bay, Dyfed
The following projects incorporating CCGT technology have received approval under section 14(1) of the Energy Act 1976, that is, to establish an electricity generating station to be fuelled by natural gas, or for the conversion of an electricity generating station with a view to its being so fuelled:
- Barking Power Ltd.—Barking, London
- Berisford Bristar plc—Brigg, South Humberside
- British Nuclear Fuels plc—Calder Hall, Sellafield
- British Sugar plc—Bury St. Edmunds
- Rugby Power Co. Ltd.—Rugby, Warwickshire
- Coryton Cogen Ltd.—Coryton Essex
- Deeside Power Development Company Ltd.—Deeside Industrial Park, Clywd
- National Power plc—Killingholme, South Humberside
- National Power plc—Little Barford, Bedfordshire
- PowerGen plc—Rye House, Hertfordshire
- Sheffield Heat and Power—Sheffield
- Shell UK Exploration and Production—Shellhaven, Essex Texaco Ltd./Mission Energy—Angle Bay, Dyfed
- Wiggins Teape—Stoneywood Mill
The following projects incorporating CCGT technology have received approval under both sections 14(1) and 14(2) of the Energy Act 1976, that is, to establish an electricity generating station fuelled by natural gas and to enter into contractual arrangements for obtaining a supply of natural gas for an electricity generating station, or to extend any such arrangements:
- The Boots Company plc—Beeston, Nottingham
- BP Chemicals Ltd.—Baglan Bay, West Glamorgan
- British Sugar plc—Wissington, Suffolk
- Hawker Siddeley—Corby, South Humberside
- Hawker Siddeley—Peterborough
- ICI plc—Wilton, Cleveland
- Lakeland Power—Roosecote, Cumbria
- Leicester Energy Ltd.—Raw Dykes Road, Leicester
- Occidental Petroleum—Flotta
- PowerGen plc—Killingholme, South Humberside
- Ranger Oil/PowerGen plc—South Denes, Great Yarmouth
- Teesside Power Ltd.—Wilton, Cleveland
The further information requested by the hon. Member covers commercial matters for the companies concerned.