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Regions
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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 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
Dec. 8, 2023
at 1:05 p.m. GMT
Total Production
40.23 GW
High
Carbon Intensity
229 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
42.4%
Low Carbon
12.2%
Fossil Fuels
45.4%
Biomass
2,995 MW
7.4%
CCGT
16,834 MW
41.8%
Coal
1,439 MW
3.6%
Hydroelectric
267 MW
0.7%
Interconnects
184 MW
0.5%
Nuclear
4,722 MW
11.7%
OCGT
1 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
414 MW
1.0%
Pumped Storage
0 MW
0.0%
Solar
1,791 MW
4.5%
Wind
11,583 MW
28.8%
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