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Written question asked by Tom Greatrex (Labour) on Monday, 9 July 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 July 2012. It was answered by Charles Hendry (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 July 2012 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Energy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what level of generating capacity in gigawatts of renewable energy is currently (a) in the construction phase, (b) in the planning process and (c) fully operational, by type of technology.

[116743]

Answer

The information is provided in the following tables1.

Operational
Technology
 Operational 2010 RESTATS data
 Operational since January 2011
Biomass
 447.4
 789.8
Co-firing
 390.2
 —
RO Hydro
 195.4
 3.6
Landfill gas
 1,024.6
 —
Offshore Round 0
 14.0
 —
Offshore Round 1
 962.4
 150.0
Offshore Round 2
 364.8
 367.2
Demonstration Projects
 —
 —
Offshore Round 3
 —
 —
Offshore Round 1 and 2 extensions
 —
 —
Scottish Territorial Waters
 —
 —
Wind Offshore Total
 1,341.2
 517.2
Wind Onshore
 4,035.7
 758.5
Sewage gas
 189.2
 —
Wave and Tide
 2.6
 0.8
Photovoltaics
 76.9
 102.7
Large hydro
 1,452.9
 —
Waste
 435.3
 108.7
Total
 9,591.4
 2,281.3
Under construction, awaiting construction and in planning
Total Installed Capacity (MW)
Post consent
 Pre consent
Under construction
 Awaiting construction
 Application being considered
LPA
 S36
 LPA
 S36
 LPA
 S36
Biomass
 199.9
 0.0
 1,006.5
 2,130.0
 195.2
 360.0
Co-firing
 —
 —
 —
 —
 0.0
 170.0
RO Hydro
 5.3
 3.6
 26.9
 93.8
 14.3
 0.8
Landfill gas
 5.2
 0.0
 29.7
 0.0
 4.5
 0.0
Offshore Round 0
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
Offshore Round 1
 0.0
 62.1
 —
 —
 —
 —
Offshore Round 2
 0.0
 2,667.0
 0.0
 970.0
 0.0
 2,920.0
Demonstration Projects
 —
 —
 0.0
 12.0
 0.0
 99.9
Offshore Round 3
 —
 —
 0.0
 6.0
 —
 —
Offshore Round 1 and 2 extensions
 —
 —
 —
 —
 0.0
 504.0
Scottish Territorial Waters
 —
 —
 —
 —
 0.0
 997.2
Wind Offshore Total
 0.0
 2,729.1
 0.0
 988.0
 0.0
 4,521.1
Wind Onshore
 855.6
 1,364.7
 2,581.3
 1,636.4
 3,443.1
 3,007.8
Sewage gas
 —
 —
 8.5
 0.0
 —
 —
Wave and Tide
 0.0
 20.5
 1.2
 19.6
 0.0
 17.5
Photovoltaics
 28.7
 0.0
 251.0
 0.0
 119.0
 0.0
Large hydro
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
 —
Waste
 78.3
 100.0
 569.8
 239.0
 239.0
 60.0
Total
 1,173.1
 4,217.9
 4,475.0
 5,106.8
 4,015.1
 8,137.2
1 Source —RESTATS DECC data sheet May 2012:
https://restats.decc.gov.uk/app/reporting/decc/datasheet

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
116743; 548 cc301-4W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Energy Renewable energy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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