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Question reference: S3W-00948

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 27 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much electricity has been generated in Scotland in each year since 2000, broken down by fuel source.

Data on electricitysupply and demand in Scotland is collected by the Department of Trade andIndustry (DTI). The most current data available are for years 2000-05. The followingtable presents electricity generation by fuel source expressed in GigaWatt hours(GWh).

Electricity Generationby Fuel Source (GWh)

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Coal	16,624	15,408	14,833	14,566	13,080	12,160
Oil	2,604	2,375	2,210	2,034	2,274	2,720
Gas	8,671	8,523	11,034	10,025	11,033	8,294
Nuclear	16,918	18,097	15,828	18,394	18,013	18,681
Hydro pumped storage	613	534	622	670	786	643
Hydro natural flow	4,665	3,738	4,455	2,989	4,544	4,612
Other renewables	306	465	672	823	1,361	1,876
Total	50,401	49,140	49,654	49,501	51,091	48,986

Question reference: S3W-00950

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 27 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the electricity generated in Scotland has been (a) consumed in Scotland and (b) exported to England and Wales in each year since 2000.

Data on electricitysupply and demand in Scotland is collected by the Department of Trade andIndustry (DTI). The most current data available are for years 2000-05. The followingtable presents electricity generated, consumed and transferred expressed in GigaWatthours (GWh).

Total Amount of ElectricityGenerated and Consumed in Scotland (GWh)

	Total Generated	Total Consumed	Total transferred to England, Wales and Northern Ireland*
2000	50,041	34,732	9,582
2001	49,140	34,442	8,696
2002	49,653	38,617	7,141
2003	49,501	36,893	6,830
2004	51,091	35,898	9,363
2005	48,985	38,926	7,208

Note: *The Moyle interconnectorwas opened in 2002 to allow electricity transfers between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Prior to 2002, transferswere to the England and Wales grid only.

Question reference: S3W-00949

Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 27 June 2007

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of current installed capacity for renewables, broken down by technology.

The following technologiesqualify as renewable under the terms of the Renewables Obligation (Scotland) (although not all forms of energy from waste are eligiblefor support):

Technology	Installed Capacity (Megawatts)
Hydro	1,348
Wind	1,060
Energy from Waste	98
Biomass	13
Wave	1
Total	2,520