Power Stations
(asked on 20th October 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) fuel source and (b) capacity is of each of the new energy plants that obtained long term capacity contracts in the last capacity auction.
This question was answered on 27th October 2015
The information requested can be found in the following table. This includes new build Capacity Market Units (CMUs) who have obtained 14 or 15 year capacity agreements.
Plant Type | Number of CMUs | Capacity MW (de-rated) | Fuel Source |
CCGT | 2 | 1,656 | Gas |
CHP | 1 | 3 | Gas |
Energy from waste | 2 | 31 | Waste |
Small generation - gas / diesel reciprocating engines consisting of: | 59 | 733 | |
Gas (estimated) | 615 | Gas (est) | |
Diesel (estimated) | 118 | Diesel (est) | |
64 | 2,423 |