Electricity Generation

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.-------------
|           |
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|Coal       |
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|Oil        |
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|Gas        |
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|Nuclear    |
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|Renewables1|
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|Other2     |
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|Total      |
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Sources:

Digest of UK Energy Statistics, UK Energy in Brief