Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste has been produced by his Department since its inception; and how much of that waste was recycled. [253291]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
Since its inception, the Department has made use of BERR’s and DEFRA’s recycling systems. Given that, I refer the hon. Member to the answers given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Farming and the Environment (Jane Kennedy) on 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 678W, and by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Postal affairs (Mr. McFadden) on 12 February 2009, Official Report, column 2292W.
Electricity Generation
Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much electricity was generated from each type of renewable source in each of the last 10 years. [263022]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
Data for the years 1990 to 2007 are in the following tables. Data for 2008 will be published in July 2009.
Renewable sources used to generate electricity (GWh)
Hydro
Wind and wave
Solar photo-voltaics
Small scale
Large scale( 1)
Landfill gas
Sewage sludge digestion
1990
9
—
127
5,080
139
316
1991
9
—
142
4,482
208
328
1992
33
—
149
5,282
377
328
1993
217
—
159
4,143
447
378
1994
344
—
159
4,935
517
361
1995
392
—
166
4,672
562
410
1996
488
—
118
3,275
708
410
1997
667
—
164
4,005
918
408
1998
877
—
206
4,911
1,185
386
1999
850
1
207
5,128
1,703
410
2000
946
1
214
4,871
2,188
367
2001
965
2
210
3,845
2,507
363
2002
1,256
3
204
4,584
2,679
368
2003
1,285
3
150
2,987
3,276
394
2004
1,935
4
283
4,561
4,004
440
2005
2,904
8
444
4,478
4,290
470
2006
4,225
11
478
4,115
4,424
456
2007
5,274
11
534
4,554
4,677
517
Biomass
Municipal solid waste combustion( 2)
Co-firing with fossil fuels
Animal biomass( 3)
Plant biomass( 4)
Total biomass
Total
1990
141
—
—
—
596
5,812
1991
150
—
1
—
688
5,320
1992
177
—
52
—
934
6,398
1993
252
—
122
—
1,198
5,717
1994
449
—
192
—
1,518
6,956
1995
471
—
199
—
1,642
6,871
1996
489
—
197
—
1,805
5,685
1997
585
—
199
—
2,110
6,945
1998
849
—
234
—
2,654
8,648
18 Mar 2009 : Column 1259W
18 Mar 2009 : Column 1260W
1999
856
—
459
1
3,429
9,616
2000
840
—
456
31
3,882
9,914
2001
880
—
542
234
4,526
9,549
2002
907
286
568
272
5,080
11,127
2003
965
602
535
402
6,174
10,600
2004
971
1,022
565
362
7,364
14,147
2005
964
2,533
468
382
9,107
16,940
2006
1,083
2,528
434
363
9,288
18,116
2007
1,177
1,956
555
409
9,291
19,664
(1) Excluding pumped storage stations. (2 )Biodegradable part only. (3 )Includes electricity from farm waste digestion, poultry litter combustion, and meat and bone combustion. (4 )Includes electricity from straw and energy crops. Source:
Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2008, Internet only long term trends annex to Chapter 7.
