Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of units that secured a capacity agreement in the first auctions of the capacity market were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England; and how many units of what capacity were so secured.

The Capacity Market register does not publish the geographic location of Capacity Market Units (CMUs). However based on analysis of the CMUs registered, the following proportions of CMU location are assumed:

(a) Scotland 42 CMUs (14%) and 4016.847 MW (8%)

(b) Wales 46 CMUs (15%) and 8307.883 MW (17%)

(c) England 215 CMUs (70%) and 36900.122 MW (75%)

(d) Unknown 3 CMUs (1%) and 34.086 MW (0%)