Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many GWh of electricity consumed in the UK in the last 12 months were supplied by interconnectors.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.
The latest available 12 month period of data spans 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 and shows a gross import of 17,228 GWh through interconnectors.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many TWh of electricity were consumed in the UK in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
In the 12 months ending March 2017, the total UK electricity demand, which includes energy industry use, losses and final consumption by end users, was 354.5 TWh. This is down 0.7 per cent on the same period a year earlier.
Source: Energy Trends table 5.2 - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what operational interconnectors there are in the UK; and what the MW capacity is of each of those interconnectors.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The UK currently has 4GW (4000MW) of operational interconnection capacity:
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many GWh of electricity were exported from the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Government routinely publishes total export figures in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.
The latest available 12 month period of data spans March 2016 to March 2017 and shows a total export of 2,782 GWh through interconnectors.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many TWh of electricity have been imported into the UK by individual interconnectors since 2012.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.
Electricity imported to the UK from January 2012 to end March 2017 amounts to the following:
In addition, 1.26 TWh were imported into GB from Northern Ireland.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the T-4 capacity market auction for delivery in October 2021 will take place in February 2018; and and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
On 15th June National Grid released the capacity market timetable for 2017/18 and within it they have indicated that the T-4 auction will start on 6th February. Please find a link to the timetable document here: https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/Lists/Latest%20News/Attachments/109/Capacity%20Market%20Operational%20Plan%202017.pdf
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average cost is of transmission network costs for (a) interconnectors and (b) domestic generators of electricity.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET), in its role as system operator, have informed us that the average transmission network use of system charge for a GB generator is £5.77 / kW (2017/18 tariffs). The actual tariff is dependent on the location of the generator, the historic load factor of the generator, the type of generator and details of its specific connection.
As part of the overall transmission infrastructure facilitating the wider market, interconnectors do not pay use of system charges for the transmission network. As producers and consumers are liable for charges in their own countries, additional charges for using the interconnector, to allow imports and exports, would amount to double charging and may hinder the ability of GB producers to export electricity to other countries.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many megawatts of new interconnector capacity are proposed by (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The UK has a pipeline of interconnector projects that are expected to play a role in providing reliable, affordable, and clean energy.
Based on current project timelines and assuming all projects are able to complete, 3GW (3000MW) of new interconnector capacity are expected to be operational by 2020. A further 1.4GW is also currently under construction for delivery after 2020. There are a further 9.5GW of projects which have sought regulatory approval.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of electricity will be supplied by interconnectors in (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The proportion of electricity that will be supplied by electricity imports by 2020 is expected to be 7.6%.
The power supply sector is projected using the reference case scenario from the Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 (published March 2017), which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016
Up to 2020, the reference scenario reflects current power sector policies. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy. The results do not indicate a preferred outcome and should be treated as illustrative.