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May I merely make the point to my hon. Friend that we are sitting on millions of tonnes of coal in Scotland? If we are talking about increasing oil and gas prices, surely we should also be talking about an expansion of the coal industry and clean coal technology. We should be exploiting and pushing that in Scotland.
May I merely make the point to my hon. Friend that we are sitting on millions of tonnes of coal in Scotland? If we are talking about increasing oil and gas prices, surely we should also be talking about an expansion of the coal industry and clean coal technology. We should be exploiting and pushing that in Scotland.
Asked by
David Hamilton
(Labour)
Answering body
Scotland Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
23 April 2008
My hon. Friend is a long-standing advocate and proponent of the coal industry in Scotland, and he is quite right. Let me refer him back to my original answer and remind him that 33 to 35 per cent. of Scotland's electricity comes from coal-fired power stations, so coal has to play a part in the balanced energy mix. Clean coal technology is being pioneered in Scotland by Doosan Babcock, Clyde Blowers and others, and Scottish companies are also playing their part in the carbon capture and storage competition that is being run at the moment. I entirely agree with my hon. Friend that coal has an important part to play in the future.
Subjects
Coal; Electricity generation; Scotland; Fossil fuels; Nuclear power; Renewable energy
Date
23 April 2008
Reference
474 c1298-9
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House of Commons chamber
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House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of energy consumed in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland was provided by (i) nuclear power, (ii) coal, (iii) gas, (iv) oil and (v) renewables. - Inc table.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of energy consumed in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland was provided by (i) nuclear power, (ii) coal, (iii) gas, (iv) oil and (v) renewables. - Inc table.
Asked by
David Hamilton
(Labour)
Answered by
Brian Wilson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
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Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 May 2002
For answer on
10 June 2002
Answered on
10 June 2002
David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of energy consumed in (a) Scotland, (b)
England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland was provided by (i) nuclear power, (ii) coal, (iii) gas, (iv) oil and (v) renewables.
[60285]
Mr. Wilson: The percentages of energy consumed in the UK as a whole during 2000 by each fuel source are shown below. Separate
figures for Scotland, England and Wales are not available. Figures for 2001 are currently being compiled and will be available at
the end of July.
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Percentage
Nuclear 31.5
Coal 35.1
Gas 25.2
Oil 8.0
Renewables 0.2
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Source: Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2001 (The Stationery Office)
Subjects
Coal; Energy; Energy supply; Northern Ireland; Oil; Natural gas; Nuclear power; Scotland; Wales; Renewable energy
Date
10 June 2002
Reference
60285; 386 c970-1W;386 c971W
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House of Commons