David Anderson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-03-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information her Department holds on the number of coal-fired powered stations which have been built in Germany since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
Andrea Leadsom
The Department commissioned an independent study[1] published in April 2013 looking at new coal-fired power stations in Germany. This study found 10 coal plants (a total of 8GW) were under construction at the time and would be ready to be commissioned by 2015.
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