HL Deb 08 May 2001 vol 625 cc152-3WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What proportion of the total electric power generated in the United Kingdom is currenty produced by nuclear, coal, oil, gas, hydro and wind respectively. [HL1934]

Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Provisional data for 2000 are as follows:

Generation (TWh) Percentage
Nuclear 86.0 23
Coal 121.4 33
Oil 5.5 1
Gas 144.8 39
Hydro (including Pumped Storage) 7.6 2
Other fuels1 7.9 2
Total 373.2 100

Source:

Energy Trends and DTI estimates.

Notes

1 Wind, biofuels, photovoltaics, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas and waste products from chemical processes. The contribution from wind was less than 00BD per cent of generation in 2000.