Electricity Interconnectors

(asked on 9th July 2014) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the amount of electricity that passed through interconnections from (a) England to Scotland and (b) Scotland to England in each month since January 2010.


Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 15th July 2014

The table below provides a breakdown of the electricity that passed through the interconnector from England to Scotland and Scotland to England in each month since January 2010 (Source: Aggregated half hourly data supplied by National Grid):

Transfers (GWh)

Scotland-England

England-Scotland

2010

Jan

803

16

2010

Feb

321

122

2010

Mar

679

31

2010

Apr

235

-

2010

May

484

11

2010

Jun

656

7

2010

Jul

1,113

1

2010

Aug

606

4

2010

Sep

1,037

-

2010

Oct

948

-

2010

Nov

777

16

2010

Dec

578

33

2011

Jan

696

16

2011

Feb

678

53

2011

Mar

222

151

2011

Apr

868

5

2011

May

1,071

0

2011

Jun

977

0

2011

Jul

918

-

2011

Aug

788

2

2011

Sep

1,064

-

2011

Oct

1,068

10

2011

Nov

1,664

-

2011

Dec

1,819

-

2012

Jan

1,798

-

2012

Feb

1,553

-

2012

Mar

1,416

-

2012

Apr

508

42

2012

May

306

179

2012

Jun

301

95

2012

Jul

352

66

2012

Aug

505

19

2012

Sep

932

3

2012

Oct

875

0

2012

Nov

1,109

-

2012

Dec

1,467

2

2013

Jan

1,225

3

2013

Feb

930

101

2013

Mar

697

60

2013

Apr

1,408

9

2013

May

1,245

2

2013

Jun

1,119

0

2013

Jul

928

-

2013

Aug

994

0

2013

Sep

734

12

2013

Oct

1,093

-

2013

Nov

1,191

12

2013

Dec

1,908

-

2014

Jan

1

-

2014

Feb

1,372

-

2014

Mar

1,314

0

2014

Apr

958

5

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