HL Deb 20 March 1997 vol 579 cc122-3WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the total electricity generating capacity of each country in the European Union, showing the breakdown between the different forms of fuel used in each.

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Latest available data are attached.

Net maximum electricity generating capacity at 31 December 1995
Megawatts
A B D DK E F FIN GR I IRL L N P SV UK
of which: multi fired:
Solid/Liquid 296 1,056 8,920 6,844 657 8,648 4,779 6,471 1,247 355 n/a 5,611
Solid/Natural Gas 1,276 114 1,868 141 12 290 189 2,896 n/a
Liquid/Natural Gas 2,737 2,101 9,243 607 2,288 455 1,285 15,659 1,307 10,239 n/a 795
Solid/Liquid/Gas 242 3,860 7,032 282 120 500 1,768 2,635 90 n/a

A—Austria; B—Belgium; D—Germany; DK—Denmark; E—Spain; F—France; FIN—Finland; GR—Greece; I—Italy; IRL—Ireland; L—Luxembourg; N—Netherlands; P—Portugal; SV—Sweden; UK—United Kingdom

1. Net maximum capacity is defined as the sum of net maximum capacities of all stations taken individually at a given period of operation. It is the maximum power assumed to be solely active power that can be supplied, continuously, with all plants running, at the point of outlet to the network. The capacity is net in the sense that it is the output capacity measured at the station busbars, i.e. after deducting the power consumed by station auxiliaries and losses in station transformers.

e = estimate.

Source:

International Energy Agency Secretariat estimates.