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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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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
Aug. 5, 2020
at 8:50 a.m. GMT
Total Production
29.24 GW
Low
Carbon Intensity
145 gCO
2
/kWh
Low
Renewables
47.4%
Low Carbon
22.4%
Fossil Fuels
30.2%
Biomass
2,373 MW
8.1%
CCGT
8,767 MW
30.0%
Coal
0 MW
0.0%
Hydroelectric
635 MW
2.2%
Interconnects
1,249 MW
4.3%
Nuclear
5,105 MW
17.5%
OCGT
60 MW
0.2%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
329 MW
1.1%
Pumped Storage
193 MW
0.7%
Solar
2,170 MW
7.4%
Wind
8,355 MW
28.6%
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