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Carbon Intensity
Total Production
Regions
All Regions
England
Scotland
Wales
North Scotland
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. 14, 2019
at 7:05 a.m. GMT
Total Production
36.12 GW
Moderate
Carbon Intensity
298 gCO
2
/kWh
High
Renewables
23.5%
Low Carbon
19.6%
Fossil Fuels
56.9%
Biomass
1,676 MW
4.6%
CCGT
18,020 MW
49.9%
Coal
2,531 MW
7.0%
Hydroelectric
544 MW
1.5%
Interconnects
1,251 MW
3.5%
Nuclear
5,658 MW
15.7%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
71 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
187 MW
0.5%
Solar
0 MW
0.0%
Wind
6,180 MW
17.1%
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