Mr. HinchcliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 200 highest records for nitrous oxide emissions in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe table below lists the UK 1993 NOx emissions from existing and new large combustion plants.
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Emissions of NOx (in tonnes) from existing and new large combustion plant in the United Kingdom for 1993 Operator Plant NOx (in tonnes) Plant > 300 MWth National Power Aberthaw A and B 26,512 National Power Agecroft 280 National Power Blyth A and B 12,700 National Power Didcot 28,303 National Power Drax 70,200 National Power Eggborough 23,546 National Power Fawley 1,630 National Power Ironbridge 19,990 National Power Littlebrook 4,971 National Power Padiham 1,728 National Power Pembroke 2,948 National Power Rugeley A and B 24,958 National Power Skelton Grange 1,980 National Power Staythorpe 5,515 National Power Thorpe Marsh 16,635 National Power Tilbury 18,385 National Power Uskmouth 1,050 National Power West Burton 29,916 National Power West Thurrock 2,980 National Power Willington A and B 5,714 PowerGen Castle Donington 128 PowerGen Cottram 40,859 PowerGen Drakelow B 79 PowerGen Drakelow C 11,849 PowerGen Ferrybridge C 44,895 PowerGen Fiddlers Ferry 13,853 PowerGen Grain 1,485 PowerGen High Marnham 6,817 PowerGen Ince 8,222 PowerGen Kingsnorth 13,542 PowerGen Ratcliffe 43,464 PowerGen Richborough 2,334 SP Longannet 23,690 SP Cockenzie 7,840 SHE Peterhead 18,616 NIE Belfast West 2,992 NIE Ballylumford B 6,487 NIE Coolkeeragh 371 NIE Kilroot 8,310 BASF Seal Sands 2,194 BP Chemicals Baglan Bay 4,737 British Alcan Lynemouth 11,555 British Steel Llanwern 350 British Steel Port Talbot 842 British Steel Redcar 461 British Steel Scunthorpe 373 Brunner Mond Winnington 1,880 Ford Motor Co Dagenham 291 Grovenhurst Energy Sittingbourne 2,408 ICI Runcorn 749 ICI Wilton 7,270 Phillips Seal Sands 220 UML Bromborough 650 Total (53 plants) 589,754 Refineries BP Oil Grangemouth 2,794 BP Oil Llandarcy 838 Conoco South Killingholme 2,085 ELF Milford Haven 971
Emissions of NOx (in tonnes) from existing and new large combustion plant in the United Kingdom for 1993 Operator Plant NOx (in tonnes) ESSO Fawley 5,051 Gulf Milford Haven 764 Lindsey Killingholme 2,773 Mobil Coryton 2,513 PIP North Tees 299 Shell Shell Stanlow 4,655 Shell Shell Haven 1,728 Texaco Pembroke 3,070 Total (12 plants) 27,541 Total all UK existing combustion plant 636,339 New Combustion Plant Albright and Wilson Whitehaven 91 Slough Trading Estate Slough 88
Estimated emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by source category for 1980–1992 Thousand tonnes 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Power stations 880 839 799 787 711 775 807 826 800 769 777 718 694 Domestic 68 68 67 67 64 72 75 74 72 68 68 75 73 Commercial/public service 62 61 61 62 63 64 65 61 60 55 56 60 58 Refineries 43 38 37 36 36 34 35 33 33 35 35 37 37 Iron and steel 44 52 47 48 48 50 45 50 54 53 51 49 47 Other industrial combustion 211 191 186 177 164 169 171 165 168 158 156 158 152 Non-combustion processes 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 Extraction and distribution of fossil fuels 44 50 54 59 63 66 68 73 76 78 82 85 88 Road transport 839 846 867 907 974 1,015 1,080 1,205 1,311 1,418 1,434 450 1,398 Railways 41 39 35 37 35 37 37 35 35 32 30 31 32 Civil aircraft 10 9 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 Shipping 121 104 119 111 123 116 108 101 102 127 131 133 130 Waste treatment and disposal 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Agriculture 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 Total 2,392 2,328 2,312 2,332 2,321 2,438 2,533 2,664 2,749 2,842 2,860 2,835 2,750 Source:
Digest of Environmental Protection and Water Statistics No. 16 1994.