Electricity Interconnectors: Europe

(asked on 18th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of electricity used in England and Wales was imported from Europe via interconnector in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.


Answered by
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Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 1st May 2019

In 2017, of 308.1 TWh electricity used in England and Wales, 14.8 TWh (4.8 per cent) was imported from Europe into the UK via interconnectors. This includes electricity used by generators, for pumped storage, losses, and final consumption.

Data for 2018 split by regions of the UK are not yet available. These will be published in December 2019.

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