Renewable Energy Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of (a) energy and (b) electricity in (i) the UK and (ii) each region was supplied from renewable sources in the most recent year for which figures are available. Malcolm Wicks In the United Kingdom in 2004 1.8 per cent. of inland consumption of primary fuels and equivalents for energy use and 3.6 per cent. of electricity generation was from renewable sources. The amount of electricity generated from renewable sources in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and each region of England in 2004 was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |GWh | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |7,111.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |625.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East |1,583.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |417.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West |1,014.8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |389.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |1,209.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |518.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |651.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |702.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |1,044.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |5,853.6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |148.5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other sites1 |9.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |14,167.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solar photovoltaics |4.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UK total |14,171.1| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Other sites are sites that have not been attributed to a region so that data related to individual companies are not disclosed when the breakdown by technology is shown in the source table. Source: DTI Energy Trends, September 2005 Page 24.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Similar statistics for the generation from all sources are not available for the regions of England since this would disclose data for individual companies given to the Department in confidence so percentages for the English regions cannot be calculated. However, percentages for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England as a whole are as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------- | |Percentage| -------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |11.48 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |2.96 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |2.00 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |England |2.36 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |United Kingdom |3.58 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |Source: DTI Energy Trends December 2005, page 44.| | -------------------------------------------------------------- Regional data covering all energy use are produced only for consumption and not for supply. This is because energy produced in one part of the UK may not be consumed in the same part of the UK given that we have national transmissions systems for gas and electricity, and coal and oil products are distributed from mines and refineries to all parts of the country. Mr. Ian Austin To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many wind farms there are in England; and how many are planned to be built in the next five years. Malcolm Wicks There are currently 54 wind farms in England, of those three are offshore with a capacity of nearly 154 MW and 51 are onshore with a capacity of nearly 246 MW. It is not possible to say how many wind farms, on or offshore are planned to be built in the next five years as a number of complex and, as yet, unseen, factors may come into play. However, the following information has been obtained from the British Wind Energy Association: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Currently under construction|Seven onshore wind farms with a capacity of 79.5 MW and one offshore wind farm with a capacity of 90 MW. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Consented projects |35 onshore wind farms with a capacity of 537.70 MW and four offshore wind farms with a capacity of 486 MW.| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Projects in planning |51 onshore wind farms with a capacity of 938 MW and 10 offshore wind farms with a capacity of 4283 MW. | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------