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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
Oct. 16, 2023
at 7:40 a.m. GMT
Total Production
34.54 GW
Moderate
Carbon Intensity
281 gCO
2
/kWh
High
Renewables
17.3%
Low Carbon
27.9%
Fossil Fuels
54.8%
Biomass
2,352 MW
6.8%
CCGT
17,908 MW
51.9%
Coal
966 MW
2.8%
Hydroelectric
727 MW
2.1%
Interconnects
4,990 MW
14.4%
Nuclear
4,236 MW
12.3%
OCGT
48 MW
0.1%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
656 MW
1.9%
Pumped Storage
405 MW
1.2%
Solar
280 MW
0.8%
Wind
1,968 MW
5.7%
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