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Scotland
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South Scotland
North West England
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Yorkshire
North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East England
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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
April 1, 2019
at 7:40 a.m. GMT
Total Production
40.23 GW
High
Carbon Intensity
229 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
31.3%
Low Carbon
23.4%
Fossil Fuels
45.3%
Biomass
2,371 MW
5.9%
CCGT
17,247 MW
42.9%
Coal
983 MW
2.4%
Hydroelectric
788 MW
2.0%
Interconnects
2,803 MW
7.0%
Nuclear
6,267 MW
15.6%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
73 MW
0.2%
Pumped Storage
325 MW
0.8%
Solar
2,960 MW
7.4%
Wind
6,412 MW
15.9%
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