History · 2011
GB electricity in 2011
In 2011, Great Britain generated 322.3 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 449.7 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 3.7% of generation.
- Generation
- 322.3 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 449.7
- gCO₂/kWh
- Peak demand
- 55.1 GW
- 2011-01-06
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 3.7%
- Solar
- not tracked before 2013
- Nuclear
- 20.1%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 1.1%
- Gas
- 39.4%
- Coal
- 32.1%
- Imports
- 2.7%
- 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 2011
- Greenest half-hour
- 226 gCO₂/kWh
- 2011-05-29 04:30 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 613 gCO₂/kWh
- 2011-11-16 22:30 UTC