History · 2009
GB electricity in 2009
In 2009, Great Britain generated 329.2 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 444.8 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 1.3% of generation.
- Generation
- 329.2 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 444.8
- gCO₂/kWh
- Peak demand
- 58.6 GW
- 2009-01-06
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 1.3%
- Solar
- not tracked before 2013
- Nuclear
- 19.7%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 1.1%
- Gas
- 44.8%
- Coal
- 30.0%
- Imports
- 2.0%
- Other
- not tracked before Feb 2012
Yearly averages of NESO's half-hourly historic mix. Wind includes NESO's embedded estimate; "not tracked" means the national data didn't break that fuel out yet - not that none was generated.
Carbon extremes of 2009
- Greenest half-hour
- 247 gCO₂/kWh
- 2009-09-06 01:30 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 625 gCO₂/kWh
- 2009-01-30 01:00 UTC