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Departmental Vacancies

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many vacant posts at each Civil Service grade there were in his Department on 1 March 2009. [266619]

Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department of Energy and Climate Change was established on 3 October 2008, bringing together parts of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. It is now engaged in business planning for the period 2009-10 to 2010-11 which will result in agreed resource allocations for the Department's business units. This will determine the number of vacancies there are to be filled. Local business managers will then determine the appropriate grade to recruit based on business need and available budget.

This process was on going on the 1 March, 2009.

Electricity Generation

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what electricity generating plants of each fuel type planning consent has been (a) sought and (b) granted in each of the last five years. [266627]

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Mr. Mike O'Brien: The following table shows the applications for consent for electricity generating stations in England and Wales made to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (and previously the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department of Trade and Industry) within the previous five years and those that were granted. These include applications made under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 (i.e. for generating stations over 50 MW in England and Wales) as well as applications
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made under the Transport and Works Act 1992 and certain appeals under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which were decided jointly with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

Applications for consent for onshore electricity generating stations of up to and including 50 MW are made to local planning authorities under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and these are not included in the table.

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Applications received and consented in previous five years
Date of application	Company / location	Type	Max output	Status
February 2009	Helius Energy plc Bristol Dock Avonmouth	Biomass	100 MW	Under consideration
January 2009	Centrica (RBW) Ltd Race Bank Greater Wash	Offshore wind farm	620 MW	Under consideration
December 2008	Npower Renewables Ltd Carnedd Wen Powys	Onshore wind farm	130-250 MW	Under consideration
December 2008	Centrica (DSW) Ltd Docking Shoal Greater Wash	Offshore wind farm	540 MW	Under consideration
October 2008	Marshland Windfarm Ltd Norfolk	Onshore Windfarm	57 MW	Application withdrawn -February 2009
September 2008	Renewable Energy Ltd Peterborough Fengate	Biomass/ EFW	66 MW	Under consideration
August 2008	Port Talbot P/Stn, ESBI/Acorn Power, Neath, Port Talbot, Wales	CCGT + black start	1,100 MW	Application withdrawn -November 2008
August 2008	Abernedd Power Co Ltd Abernedd Power Plant Baglan Bay	CCGT	870 MW	Under consideration
July 2008	MGT Teesside Limited Teesside Renewable Energy Plant Teesport	Biomass	295 MW	Under consideration
May 2008	CeltPower Limited Llandinam nr Newtown Powys	Onshore wind farm (repowering and extension)	126 MW	Under consideration
May 2008	Fferm Wynt Llaithddu Cyf Llaithddu Powys	Onshore wind farm	66.7 MW	Under consideration
April 2008	Centrica Leasing (KL) Kings Lynn B Norfolk	CCGT	1,020 MW	Granted - February 2009
March 2008	Humber Wind Limited Humber Gateway	Offshore wind farm	300 MW	Under consideration
March 2008	Powerfuel Power Hatfield Park Doncaster	CCGT and ICGCC	900 MW	Granted - February 2009
February 2008	Ormonde Energy Ormonde - East Irish Sea(1)	Offshore wind farm	150 MW	Granted -September 2008
February 2008	Tilbury Green Power Ltd Tilbury Docks Essex	Biomass and Energy from Waste	60 MW	Under consideration
December 2007	Pulse Tidal Upper Burcom River Humber	Tidal power	0.15 MW	Granted - April 2008
November 2007	Nuon UK Ltd Llanbadarn Fynydd Powys	Onshore wind farm	59.5 MW	Under consideration
Appeal recovered - October 2007	CRE Energy Land adjacent to Alcan Smelter Lynemouth Northumberland	Onshore wind farm TCPA Appeal (joint decision by DECC and CLG SoS)	16.1 MW	Granted - January 2001
July 2007	Bridestones Developments Ltd Carrington	CCGT (ext from previous 380MW)	860 MW	Granted-July 2008
July 2007	Norsea Pipelines Ltd Seal Sands Teesside	CHP CCGT	800 MW	Under consideration
June 2007	Dong Energy Gunfleet Sands II - Outer Thames Estuary	Offshore wind farm	64 MW	Granted - February 2008
April 2007	Wave Dragon Wales Ltd Wave Dragon	Wave energy	7MW	Under consideration
February 2007	Helius Energy Hobson Way Stallingborough, Lincs	Bio-mass	65 MW	Granted - June 2008
January 2007	Thor Cogeneration Seal Sands, Teeside	CHP-CCGT	1.020 MW	Granted - August 2008
January 2007	Centrica (Lines) Off Lincolnshire	Offshore wind farm	250 MW	Granted - October 2008
January 2007	Cirrus Energy Cirrus Shell Flat Array	Offshore wind farm	270 MW	Withdrawn -November 2008
January 2007	Ineos Chlor West Point Runcorn	CHP - EFW	100 MW	Granted -September 2008
December 2006	E.ON UK Plc, Kingsnorth, Medway	Coal-fired	1,600 MW+50 MW 'black start'	Under consideration
October 2006	PrenergyPower Ltd Puckey House Port Talbot Docks	Bio-mass	350 MW	Granted -November 2007
August 2006	Barking Power Ltd Barking Power Station Dagenham, Essex	CCGT (ext from previous 470MW)	1,000 MW	Granted -December 2007
June 2006	SWRDA Wave Hub Off North Cornwall	Wave energy	20 MW	Granted -September 2007
May 2006	Scira Offshore Energy Greater Wash	Offshore wind farm	315 MW	Granted - August 2008
May 2006	Severn Power Ltd Uskmouth Newport	CCGT	800 MW	Granted -September 2007
April 2006	Steadings Windfarm Ltd Steadings nr Kirkwhelpington Northumberland	Onshore wind farm	66 MW	Under consideration
March 2006	Bridestones Power Ltd Carrington Manchester	CCGT	380 MW	Granted-July 2007
March 2006	Walney Dong Ltd Walney - East Irish Sea	Offshore wind farm	600 MW	Granted -November 2007
March 2006	Morecambe Wind Ltd West of Duddon Sands - East Irish Sea	Offshore wind farm	500 MW	Granted -September 2008
January 2006	Peel Environmental Ince Ltd Ince Cheshire	Refuse Derived Fuel	95 MW	Under consideration
December 2005	EDF Energy West Burton Power Station Nottinghamshire	CCGT	1,270 MW	Granted - October 2007
December 2005	EDF Energy Sutton Bridge B	CCGT Gas Turbine	1260MW+20 MW 'black start'	Under consideration
December 2005	Npower Renewables Middlemoor Northumberland	Onshore windfarm	75 MW	Granted - August 2008
December 2005	E.ON UK Isle of Grain Kent	CCGT-CHP	1,260 MW	Granted - October 2006
December 2005	Amec Project Investments Ltd Ray wind Nr Kirkwhelpington Northumberland	Onshore wind farm	60 MW	Under consideration
November 2005	Conoco Refinery (Immingham CHP) South Killingholme	CHP CCGT	1,230 MW	Granted - August 2006
November 2005	Thanet Offshore Wind Ltd Outer Thames Estuary	Offshore wind farm	300 MW	Granted-December 2006
November 2005	Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Ltd Gwynt y Mor - off North Wales	Offshore wind farm	750 MW	Granted - December 2008
October 2005	Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Ltd Outer Thames Estuary	Offshore wind farm	500 MW	Granted — February 2007
September 2005	Mark Caudwell Limited Orby Marsh, Skegness	Onshore wind farm	54MW	Application Withdrawn -2008
September 2005	Scottish and Southern Energy Fiddler's Ferry Warrington	Retrofit of FGD	1,200 MW	Granted - April 2006
September 2005	E.on UK Drakelow South Derbyshire	CCGT	1,220 MW	Granted - October 2007
July 2005	Ormonde Energy Limited Ormonde - East Irish Sea	Offshore wind farm	108 MW	Granted - February 2007
July 2005	Eclipse Energy Limited Ormonde - East Irish Sea	Offshore gas station	93 MW	Granted - February 2007
June 2005	London Array Ltd Outer Thames Estuary	Offshore wind farm	1,000 MW	Granted -December 2006
April 2005	RWE Didcot B Oxfordshire	Extension - new CCGT turbines	120 MW	Granted - January 2006
February 2005	Milford Power Ltd Milford Haven, Haverfordwest, Wales	CCGT	1,600 MW	Application withdrawn - June 2005
February 2005	CDCE Ltd, Purland Road, W Thamesmead,	CHP-GT	100 MW	Application withdrawn -October 2006
January 2005	RWE Npower Pembroke	CCGT	2,000 MW	Granted - February 2009
November 2004	Corus Strip Products UK Corus Steel Works Port Talbot	ext: turbo-alternator	20 MW	Granted - March 2005
September 2004	Devon Wind Power Fullabrook Down North Devon	Onshore wind farm	66 MW	Granted - October 2007
August 2004	RWE Npower Little Barford Bedfordshire	OCGT-Black Start	20 MW	Granted-November 2004
March 2004	EDF (Northern Offshore Wind) Teesside	Offshore wind farm	100MW	Granted -September 2007
1 replaces previous wind farm consent issued on February 2007

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