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Electricity Generation

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proportion of electricity was generated by (a) coal, (b) oil and gas, (c) renewables and (d) nuclear sources, in each of the last five years, broken down by region. (165813)

This information is not compiled on a regional basis. This is because in some regions the information would relate to a small number of power stations and would thus disclose data given to this Department in confidence under the National Statistics Code of Practice. However, separate data for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England have been made available for 2004 and 2005. Corresponding 2006 data are due to be published in December 2007. The available data are as follows:

Percentage

Scotland

Wales

England and Northern Ireland1

UK

2004

Coal

25.5

20.4

36.1

33.4

Oil and gas

26.1

49.1

42.6

41.0

Renewables

11.5

3.0

2.3

3.6

Nuclear

35.3

20.8

17.7

20.2

Other fuels2

1.6

6.7

1.3

1.8

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

2005

Coal

24.8

19.5

36.6

33.7

Oil and gas

22.5

46.1

41.5

39.6

Renewables

13.2

3.5

2.9

4.2

Nuclear

38.2

22.6

17.4

20.4

Other fuels2

1.3

8.3

1.6

2.1

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1 Separate data for Northern Ireland cannot be given.

2 Other fuels include hydro pumped storage, coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, and waste fuels from chemical processes.

Source:

Energy Trends, December 2006