Energy Supply
(asked on 22nd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further the publication of Updated energy and emissions projections 2021 to 2040 on 18 October, what are the projected (1) sources of, and (2) uses for, electrical energy in 2024 (a) on average, and (b) on a cold winter evening with no wind; and what are the uses to which gas is being put in 2040.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Annex J of BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections 2021-2040 provides a breakdown of electricity supply by source. The breakdown for 2024 is shown overleaf. More detailed breakdowns by use, time of day or weather pattern are not available for electricity supply, electricity consumption or gas consumption.
Total electricity generation by source 2024 (EEP 2021-2040 reference case)
Source | Electricity supplied 2024 (TWh) |
Coal | 1 |
Natural gas | 88 |
Nuclear | 22 |
Renewables | 159 |
Pumped storage output | 4 |
Battery storage output | 1 |
Pumped storage input | -5 |
Battery storage input | -2 |
Net imports | 57 |
Total supplied (net of storage & imports) | 327 |