Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 15 November 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine plants have been approved by his Department since May 2010; and what the (a) name and (b) megawatt capacity of each such plant is.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend Chris Huhne, has granted consent to six combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) applications since May 2010.
(1) Spalding, Lincolnshire—900 MW
(2) Damhead Creek II, Isle of Grain—1000 MW
(3) Abernedd, Baglan Bay—870 MW
(4) Wellington C, Derbyshire—2000 MW
(5) Manorway, Stanford-le-Hope—900 MW
(6) Thorpe Marsh, Doncaster—1500 MW.
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pete marrable
Posted on 16 Nov 2011 7:53 pm (Report this annotation)
So 7.2GW of gas generation - that'll be about enough to cover all those useless wind turbines then