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Electricity Generation

Volume 972: debated on Monday 29 October 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will authorise the Central Electricity Generating Board to invest in pumped storage electricity generating capacity in advance of requirement for such capacity, in order to take advantage of the technical and physical infrastructure currently available at locations of construction of such projects.

Identification of prospects for hydroelectric pumped storage projects in England and Wales is in the first instance a matter for the Central Electricity Generating Board.

NEW ORDERS PLACED FOR UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION MERCHANT SHIPS (100 gross tons and over)
19781979
TotalFirst halfQuarter 3
In United Kingdom Yards
'000 gross tons1006848
'000 compensated gross tons12812752
In Overseas Yards
'000 gross tons125233N.A.
'000 compensated gross tons179188N.A.
Total'000 gross tons225301N.A.
Total '000 compensated gross tons307315N.A.