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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. 15, 2019
at 8:15 a.m. GMT
Total Production
40.16 GW
High
Carbon Intensity
272 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
33.6%
Low Carbon
16.2%
Fossil Fuels
50.2%
Biomass
2,385 MW
5.9%
CCGT
17,470 MW
43.5%
Coal
2,673 MW
6.7%
Hydroelectric
769 MW
1.9%
Interconnects
1,010 MW
2.5%
Nuclear
5,165 MW
12.9%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
72 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
337 MW
0.8%
Solar
0 MW
0.0%
Wind
10,279 MW
25.6%
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