Electricity Generation
(asked on 24th June 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the total amount of available coal-fired electricity generation capacity in the UK in each year up to 2030.
This question was answered on 30th June 2014
The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) Delivery Plan published in December 2013 included an estimate for the total amount of available coal-fired electricity generation capacity in Great Britain in each year to 2030. It is available at:
See table:
Year | Total coal-fired capacity (GW) |
2014 | 20 |
2015 | 18 |
2016 | 18 |
2017 | 18 |
2018 | 18 |
2019 | 15 |
2020 | 12 |
2021 | 12 |
2022 | 12 |
2023 | 9 |
2024 | 9 |
2025 | 8 |
2026 | 8 |
2027 | 7 |
2028 | 7 |
2029 | 5 |
2030 | 2 |
* Based on a scenario of average carbon intensity of electricity generation of 100g CO2/kWh in 2030