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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
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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
April 1, 2019
at 6:55 a.m. GMT
Total Production
37.59 GW
Moderate
Carbon Intensity
246 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
26.2%
Low Carbon
24.7%
Fossil Fuels
49.0%
Biomass
2,381 MW
6.3%
CCGT
17,481 MW
46.5%
Coal
944 MW
2.5%
Hydroelectric
584 MW
1.6%
Interconnects
2,745 MW
7.3%
Nuclear
6,253 MW
16.6%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
72 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
303 MW
0.8%
Solar
473 MW
1.3%
Wind
6,350 MW
16.9%
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