§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the power stations in Wales and their(a) maximum operating capacity and (b) average operating capacity over the last year. [151756]
§ Mr. TimmsPower stations in Wales owned by major power producers along with their installed capacities as at the end of May 2003 are listed as follows:
Station Fuel Installed capacity (MW) Aberthaw B Coal-fired 1,455 Aberthaw GT Gas oil 51 Barry Gas-CCGT 250 Connahs Quay Gas-CCGT 1,380 Cwm Dyli Hydro 10 Deeside Gas-CCGT 1250 Dinorwig Pumped storage 1,728 Dolgarrog Hydro 37 Ffestiniog Pumped Storage 360 Fifoots Point Coal 2393 Maentwrog Hydro 20 Rheidol Hydro 50 Wylfa Nuclear 980 1 Excludes a further 250 MW that was mothballed, but brought back into service at the end of 2003. 2 In receivership and not operating at that time but subsequently leased by Innogy for winter 2003–04 operations. Source:
Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2003, Table 5.10
Operational data for individual power stations are matters for the operating companies themselves and are not collected centrally. In total, generation by the stations listed above in 2002 was 30,459 GWh. It is estimated that the aggregate plant load factor for these stations 4 per cent. for the UK as a whole.