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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-06-29more like thismore than 2017-06-29
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Renewable Energy more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of electricity to be produced from renewable sources in (a) 2020, (b) 2030 and (c) 2035 for (i) the UK and (ii) Wales. more like this
tabling member constituency Cardiff South and Penarth remove filter
tabling member printed
Stephen Doughty more like this
uin 1993 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-10more like thismore than 2017-07-10
answer text <p>The Department has published projections of electricity generation by source for the UK; regarding renewables<sup>1</sup> the following projections have been made (TWh = terawatt-hours).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TWh</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not break down these figures into regions.</p><p>The figures are based on central estimates of economic growth and fossil fuel prices and contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact (i.e. including &quot;planned&quot; policies). The detailed description of the methodology used to calculate the electricity projections can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Includes a small amount of generation from non-renewable wastes.</p>
answering member constituency Watford more like this
answering member printed Richard Harrington more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-10T15:46:16.567Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-10T15:46:16.567Z
answering member
4068
label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford more like this
tabling member
4264
label Biography information for Stephen Doughty more like this