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Scotland
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North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
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South East England
Sources
All Source Types
Renewables
Low Carbon
Fossil Fuels
Interconnects
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Biomass
CCGT (Gas)
Coal
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
OCGT (Gas)
Pumped Storage
Solar
Wind
Plants
About
Dec. 8, 2023
at 3:10 p.m. GMT
Total Production
39.56 GW
Moderate
Carbon Intensity
221 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
42.2%
Low Carbon
13.5%
Fossil Fuels
44.3%
Biomass
3,001 MW
7.6%
CCGT
16,128 MW
40.8%
Coal
1,390 MW
3.5%
Hydroelectric
412 MW
1.0%
Interconnects
82 MW
0.2%
Nuclear
4,711 MW
11.9%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
197 MW
0.5%
Pumped Storage
555 MW
1.4%
Solar
431 MW
1.1%
Wind
12,650 MW
32.0%
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