§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contribution renewable energy made to energy consumption in England in the last year for which figures are available; and what the levels were in other EU countries. [131081]
§ Mr. TimmsI have been asked to reply.
The available information is shown in the table and covers renewable energy as a share of total primary energy supply in the United Kingdom and in each of the other EU member states.
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Renewable energy as a share of total primary energy supply, 2001 Total primary energy supply
(Mtoe)
Of which renewables
(Mtoe)
Share of renewables
Percentage
France 265.6 18.6 7.0 Sweden 51.1 15.0 29.4 Italy 172.0 9.6 5.6 Germany 351.1 9.2 2.6 Spain 127.4 8.2 6.5 Finland 33.8 7.6 22.4 Austria 30.7 6.6 21.5 Portugal 24.7 3.4 13.7 United Kingdom 235.2 2.5 1.1 Denmark 19.8 2.1 10.4 Greece 28.7 1.3 4.6 Netherlands 77.2 1.1 1.4 Belgium 59.0 0.6 1.0 Ireland 15.0 0.3 1.7 Luxembourg 3.8 0.1 1.6 Source
International Energy Agency
The UK percentage is lower than other renewables percentages published for the United Kingdom because it is expressed in primary energy supply terms and includes energy used for heat as well as for electricity in both the denominator and the numerator. The percentage of UK electricity sales in 2001 that was accounted for by renewable sources eligible for the Renewables Obligation was 1.5 per cent. rising to 1.7 per cent. in 2002.