To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of non-nuclear contracts granted under the non-fossil fuel obligation have been given to companies involved in the generation of energy through waste incineration in each year since 1987.

Under the 1990 Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation Renewables Order, seven out of 75 renewables contracts went to waste incineration projects. Under the 1991 order 14 out of 122 contracts went to waste incineration projects.

Generator name	Location	Capacity (MW DNC)
1990 projects
Isle of Wight county council	Newport	2
Energy Supplies Ltd.	Newcastle upon Tyne	3
North London Waste Authority	Edmonton/London	27
Coventry City council	Coventry	8
Elm Energy UK	Wolverhampton	20
Fibropower Ltd.	Diss, Suffolk	13
Fibropower Ltd.	Scunthorpe, Humberside	13
1991 projects
Babcock Power Investments Ltd.	Portsmouth	33
British Coal	Nottingham	7
Cory Environmental Ltd.	Belvedere, Kent	103
Derbyshire county council	Raynesway	7
Energy Supplies Ltd.	Pebsham, East Sussex	4
National Power	Northfleet, Kent	44
SELCHP Ltd.	London	25
Southampton Geothermal Heating	Southampton	5
Wessex Waste Management	Avonmouth, Bristol	23
Yorkshire Renewable Energy Ltd.	Knotstrop, Leeds	21
Adams Integrated Waste Ltd.	Wolverhampton	8
Agrigen Ltd.	Northampton	8
Northumbrian Services Ltd.	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear	1
Slough Estates	Slough	13

(c): The contract prices awarded to projects under the 1990 order varied, and are commercially confidential. Under the 1991 order, waste incineration projects in the "Municipal and General Industrial Waste" band receive a premium of 6·55 p/kWh; while those in the "Other" band receive a premium of 5·9 p/kWh.(d): The amount of electricity generated by all projects is commercially confidential.