HC Deb 27 November 2002 vol 395 cc302-3W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much electricity was generated from nuclear generators in the UK, and what proportion of all electricity used in the UK was generated from(a) nuclear generation and (b) UK-based nuclear generation, in each year since 1990. [82800]

Mr. Wilson

The available information is shown in the following table and covers electricity supplied from nuclear sources.

Percentage of UK electricity supplied from
Electricity supplied from UK based nuclear generators UK based nuclear generators Imports1
1990 58.7 19.0 3.8
1991 62.8 19.8 5.2
1992 69.1 21.9 5.3
1993 81.0 25.4 5.2
1994 80.0 24.7 5.2
1995 80.6 24.1 4.9
1996 85.8 24.6 4.8
1997 89.3 25.7 4.8
1998 90.6 25.5 3.5
1999 87.7 24.2 4.0

Electricity generated from renewable sources
GWh
Hydro Biofuels and wastes
Wind and wave Solar photo-voltaics Small scale Large scale Landfill gas Sewage sludge digestion Municipal solid waste combustion Other biofuels Wastes Total biofuels and wastes Total
1990 9 127 5,080 139 316 140 83 678 5,894
1991 9 142 4,482 208 328 151 1 88 776 5,409
1992 33 149 5,282 377 328 177 52 104 1,038 6,502
1993 217 159 4,143 447 378 251 122 165 1,363 5,883
1994 344 159 4,935 517 361 449 192 352 1,870 7,307
1995 392 166 4,672 562 410 471 199 412 2,053 7,283
1996 488 118 3,275 708 410 490 197 417 2,221 6,101
1997 667 164 4,005 918 408 585 199 483 2,593 7,428
1998 877 206 4,911 1,185 386 849 234 583 3,237 9,231
1999 850 1 207 5,128 1,703 410 856 460 558 3,987 10,174
2000 947 1 214 4,871 2,188 367 862 473 532 4,422 10,454
2001 967 2 210 3,845 2,507 363 948 770 488 5,076 10,099

Source:

Department of Trade and Industry