HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 c332W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the installed capacity of fossil fuel generation for each fossil fuel type in the UK in each year since 1990. [13290]

Ms Hewitt

The available information is as follows:

GWh
Electricity

supplied

from coal

 Electricity

supplied

from oil

 Electricity

supplied

from gas

 Total electricity

supplied from

fossil fuels
1998 122,953 6,360 117,858 247,171
1999 106,112 5,685 143,052 254,849
2000 119,960 5,597 146,807 272,364
1 Before 1993 electricity supplied statistics were disaggregated by type of station rather than type of fuel so only the total for fossil fuels is available.

Source:

Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2001 Table 5.6 and corresponding tables for earlier years.