Fossil Fuelled Power Stations

(asked on 24th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there are (a) mothballed coal and (b) mothballed oil-fuelled power stations in the UK that could be brought back into emergency use; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 1st March 2022

The Capacity Market is the government’s main mechanism for ensuring security of electricity supply. It secures the capacity needed to meet peak electricity demand in a range of scenarios through competitive, technology-neutral auctions. National Grid Electricity System Operator is the organisation responsible for balancing electricity supply and demand.

The decision on whether to return mothballed coal- and oil-fuelled power stations back into use is a commercial matter for the companies involved.

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