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Electricity Power Stations (Megawatt Cost)

Volume 495: debated on Wednesday 30 January 1952

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asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the capital cost of providing one megawatt of new generating capacity, calculated at January, 1952.

As the cost of constructing power stations varies considerably it is not possible to be exact, but a sum of £60,000 per megawatt represents a fair average figure for January, 1952.