Renewable Energy
(asked on 16th October 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by reneweable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in 2013.
The table below shows show many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable electricity in each of the UK, England, Scotland and Wales in 2013.
UK | England | Scotland | Wales | |
Carbon dioxide displaced by renewable electricity generation (million tonnes) | 37.6 | 22.8 | 11.9 | 1.9 |
Carbon emissions displaced by renewable electricity generation have been calculated as renewable electricity generation multiplied by the average emissions factor for electricity supplied by fossil fuel stations in 2013. A breakdown of electricity generation for the countries can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics
Carbon dioxide emissions factors for electricity supplied can be found in table 5D of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2014, available at:
Information on the carbon savings from the total renewable heat produced in the UK is not available. Chapter 6 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics provides more information on renewable heat, and shows that 1,729.1ktoe of renewable fuels were used to generate heat in 2013. The full renewable energy chapter is available at: