Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of the UK's power is generated by (a) wind farms, (b) solar, (c) nuclear power stations, (d) coal-fired power stations, (e) clean coal-fired power stations, (f) gas-fired power stations, (g) oil-fired power stations, (h) tidal sources and (i) geo-thermal power stations. (259544)

Separate data are not yet available for tidal, geo-thermal, because of the small number of sites using these technologies. For 2007, the percentages of UK generation by the other sources requested are given in the following table. Corresponding figures for 2008 will be published on 30 July 2009.

	Generation (GWh)	Share of total UK generation (percentage)
Gas	164,473	41.5
Coal	136,685	34.5
Nuclear	63,028	15.9
Oil	4,693	1.2
Wind	5,274	1.3
Solar	11	<0.1
Other fuels	21,978	5.5
Total	396,142	100.0
Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2008, Tables 7.4 and 5.6, available at: http://www .berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/energy/statistics/publications/dukes/ page45537.html

Volume 488: debated on Tuesday 3 March 2009