§ Lord Marlesfordasked 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]
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§ Lord Sainsbury of TurvilleProvisional 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.