Electricity Generation

(asked on 15th December 2016) - View Source

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the UK's electricity is generated by companies based outside the UK.


Answered by
Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 3rd January 2017

The United Kingdom’s electricity producers have a 73GW power generation capacity, of which 58.8%, representing 43GW, is generated by companies whose parent company is based outside the UK.

The UK is open for business and welcomes investment that meets the UK’s legal and regulatory standards.

Reticulating Splines