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Regions
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England
Scotland
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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 11:25 a.m. GMT
Total Production
40.35 GW
High
Carbon Intensity
269 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
34.3%
Low Carbon
15.6%
Fossil Fuels
50.0%
Biomass
2,400 MW
5.9%
CCGT
17,619 MW
43.7%
Coal
2,571 MW
6.4%
Hydroelectric
775 MW
1.9%
Interconnects
958 MW
2.4%
Nuclear
5,215 MW
12.9%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
68 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
141 MW
0.3%
Solar
1,140 MW
2.8%
Wind
9,464 MW
23.5%
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