History · 2010
GB electricity in 2010
In 2010, Great Britain generated 335.2 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 461.5 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 1.4% of generation.
- Generation
- 335.2 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 461.5
- gCO₂/kWh
- Peak demand
- 59.1 GW
- 2010-12-20
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 1.4%
- Solar
- not tracked before 2013
- Nuclear
- 17.5%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 0.6%
- Gas
- 46.9%
- Coal
- 30.7%
- Imports
- 2.1%
- 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 2010
- Greenest half-hour
- 276 gCO₂/kWh
- 2010-08-29 03:30 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 592 gCO₂/kWh
- 2010-12-01 03:00 UTC