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Written question asked by Lord Donoughue (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 November 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 November 2016. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Energy: Consumption

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much energy was consumed by the UK during the period 24 to 31 October; and what percentage of that energy was sourced from wind generation.

Answer

UK electricity statistics for October 2016 are not yet available. They will be published on 22 December at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends. The most recent data to August 2016 is available via that link. Electricity statistics held by BEIS cover monthly consumption and cannot be disaggregated at a daily or weekly level.

However, operationally metered electricity generation for Great Britain (1) is published by the National Grid. For the period 24 to 31 October (8 days), 6.6 TWh was generated or imported, of which 0.3 TWh was generated from wind (5.0 percent) (2). Operationally metered wind electricity generation covers 65 percent of total GB wind capacity.

Source: National Grid

(1) Excludes Northern Ireland, which is not covered by the National Grid.

(2) The source of imported electricity generation is not recorded in these data.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2888
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Consumption Energy Wind power
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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