§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by how much generation of electricity from nuclear sources would have to be increased over current levels to(a) save two million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and (b) meet all the Government's current carbon dioxide reduction targets. [114819]
§ Ms HewittThe table sets out the required increase in nuclear generation to achieve savings of 2 MtC and 22 MtC. The latter figure represents the additional reduction required, based on existing policies, to achieve the domestic goal of a 20 per cent. reduction in CO2, by 2010. The provisionally estimated generation from nuclear plants in 1999 was around 88 TWh. This amount of generation is estimated to be saving between about 10 and 21 MtC, depending on the mix of fuels assumed to be displaced.
Extra nuclear generation required (TWh) if displacing: CO2 savings required Coal Gas 2 MtC 9 21 22 MtC 94 234