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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the UK's generation mix for electricity (a) is and (b) was in (i) 1973, (ii) 1980, and (iii) 1990, (iv) 2000. [125583]
Mr. Timms
The percentage of gross electricity supplied by fuel is set out in the following table.
| 1973 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2002 | |
| Coal | 67 | 74 | 69 | 32 | 32 |
| Oil | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Gas | — | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Nuclear | 10 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| Renewables1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Other2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1 Includes hydro natural flow. | |||||
| 2 Includes coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, waste products from chemical processes and generation by hydro pumped storage. | |||||
Sources:
Digest of UK Energy Statistics, UK Energy in Brief