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Regions
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England
Scotland
Wales
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South Scotland
North West England
North East England
Yorkshire
North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East England
South West England
South England
London
South East England
Sources
All Source Types
Renewables
Low Carbon
Fossil Fuels
Interconnects
All Sources
Biomass
CCGT (Gas)
Coal
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
OCGT (Gas)
Pumped Storage
Solar
Wind
Plants
About
Jan. 11, 2019
at 2:35 p.m. GMT
Total Production
42.78 GW
High
Carbon Intensity
350 gCO
2
/kWh
High
Renewables
17.0%
Low Carbon
17.5%
Fossil Fuels
65.5%
Biomass
2,708 MW
6.3%
CCGT
24,143 MW
56.4%
Coal
3,858 MW
9.0%
Hydroelectric
467 MW
1.1%
Interconnects
1,000 MW
2.3%
Nuclear
6,338 MW
14.8%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
67 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
158 MW
0.4%
Solar
579 MW
1.4%
Wind
3,461 MW
8.1%
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