Oil Fired Power Stations

Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009

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Brian Binley (Northampton South, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on how many days oil-fired power stations were activated in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

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David Kidney (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Stafford, Labour)

I have been asked to reply.

The latest 12 month period for which data are available runs from 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009. During that time-period oil fired power stations provided electricity to the high voltage transmission system on 182 days. Their output represented 0.4 per cent. of total transmission system demand.

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