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Cowes Power Station

Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 7 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 September 2019. It was answered by Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative) on Monday, 7 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date for Cowes Power Station is.

Answer

Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download

Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.

Type

Written question

Reference

290731

Session

2017-19

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Decommissioning

Electricity generation

Cowes power station

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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