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Written question asked by Graham Stringer (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 January 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 11 January 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 January 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Electricity Generation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's BEIS Electricity Generation Costs (2020) published on 24 August 2020, if he will publish the empirical, numerical evidence underlying its estimate of (a) stagnant capital and (b) operational cost for (i) Combined Cycle Gas Turbines and (ii) other conventional generation technologies in that report.

Answer

The evidence behind the (a) capital and (b) operational cost assumptions for (i) Combined Cycle Gas Turbines and (ii) other conventional generation technologies has been published in a report prepared by Leigh Fisher and Jacobs (2016)[1]. Minor updates to Combined Cycle Gas Turbine efficiency have been made since, as a result of a published benchmarking exercise by Wood (2018)[2], which affects operational costs.

[1] ‘Leigh Fisher and Jacobs’ (2016): Electricity Generation Cost Update’ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leigh-fisher-and-jacobs-2016-electricity-generation-cost-update

[2] ‘Call for CCUS Innovation: literature review, benchmarking report and calculator’ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/call-for-ccus-innovation-literature-review-benchmarking-report-and-calculator

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
129983
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Finance Electricity generation Turbines
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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