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Scotland
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South Scotland
North West England
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Yorkshire
North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East England
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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
May 8, 2024
at 6:25 a.m. GMT
Total Production
29.74 GW
Low
Carbon Intensity
219 gCO
2
/kWh
Moderate
Renewables
20.1%
Low Carbon
35.7%
Fossil Fuels
44.2%
Biomass
3,164 MW
10.6%
CCGT
12,711 MW
42.7%
Coal
435 MW
1.5%
Hydroelectric
251 MW
0.8%
Interconnects
5,026 MW
16.9%
Nuclear
5,355 MW
18.0%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
0 MW
0.0%
Other
686 MW
2.3%
Pumped Storage
222 MW
0.7%
Solar
558 MW
1.9%
Wind
1,333 MW
4.5%
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