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Carbon Intensity
Total Production
Regions
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England
Scotland
Wales
North Scotland
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
Aug. 5, 2020
at 1 p.m. GMT
Total Production
30.67 GW
Low
Carbon Intensity
129 gCO
2
/kWh
Low
Renewables
52.0%
Low Carbon
20.7%
Fossil Fuels
27.3%
Biomass
2,240 MW
7.3%
CCGT
8,381 MW
27.3%
Coal
0 MW
0.0%
Hydroelectric
325 MW
1.1%
Interconnects
1,258 MW
4.1%
Nuclear
5,082 MW
16.6%
OCGT
1 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
163 MW
0.5%
Pumped Storage
0 MW
0.0%
Solar
4,750 MW
15.5%
Wind
8,465 MW
27.6%
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