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To ask Her Majesty's Government what they anticipate the lead times for building new coal-fired stations will be. [HL102]
In the Government's Energy Markets Outlook, published in October 2007, we indicated that the lead time for a coal-fired power station could be expected to be around seven years, of which four to five years would be needed for construction.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the building of new coal-fired power stations. [HL104]
The Government published their overall assessment of future security of supply in their Energy Markets Outlook in October 2007, including scenarios for new generation capacity. This is available at www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/ energy/ energymarketsoutlook/page41839.html. The 2008 Energy Markets Outlook will be published shortly.