Electricity
(asked on 10th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 3 February (HL829), what was the peak electricity requirement in 2019; and how much they estimate it will be in 2032.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 24th February 2020
The peak electricity requirement for Great Britain in 2019 was estimated by National Grid in their Future Energy Scenarios to be 989 -1051 TWh/year and in 2032 it is estimated to be 755 – 1000 TWh/year. Actual peak demand for 2019 will be available at the end of February 2020.