§ Mr. DafisTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of non-nuclear contracts granted under the non-fossil fuel obligation have been given to companies involved in the generation of energy through waste incineration in each year since 1987.
§ Mr. EggarUnder the 1990 Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Renewables Order, seven out of 75 renewables contracts went to waste incineration projects. Under the 1991 order 14 out of 122 contracts went to waste incineration projects.
Generator name Location Capacity (MW DNC) 1990 projects Isle of Wight county council Newport 2 Energy Supplies Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne 3 North London Waste Authority Edmonton/London 27 Coventry City council Coventry 8 Elm Energy UK Wolverhampton 20 Fibropower Ltd. Diss, Suffolk 13 Fibropower Ltd. Scunthorpe, Humberside 13 1991 projects Babcock Power Investments Ltd. Portsmouth 33 British Coal Nottingham 7 Cory Environmental Ltd. Belvedere, Kent 103 Derbyshire county council Raynesway 7 Energy Supplies Ltd. Pebsham, East Sussex 4 National Power Northfleet, Kent 44 SELCHP Ltd. London 25 Southampton Geothermal Heating Southampton 5 Wessex Waste Management Avonmouth, Bristol 23 Yorkshire Renewable Energy Ltd. Knotstrop, Leeds 21 Adams Integrated Waste Ltd. Wolverhampton 8 Agrigen Ltd. Northampton 8 Northumbrian Services Ltd. Gateshead, Tyne and Wear 1 Slough Estates Slough 13 (c): The contract prices awarded to projects under the 1990 order varied, and are commercially confidential. Under the 1991 order, waste incineration projects in the "Municipal and General Industrial Waste" band receive a premium of 6.55 p/kWh; while those in the "Other" band receive a premium of 5.9 p/kWh.
(d): The amount of electricity generated by all projects is commercially confidential.