History · 2013
GB electricity in 2013
In 2013, Great Britain generated 322.4 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 475 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 6.6% of generation.
- Generation
- 322.4 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 475
- gCO₂/kWh
- Renewable share
- 8.2%
- wind + solar + hydro
- Peak demand
- 55.6 GW
- 2013-01-16
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 6.6%
- Solar
- 0.6%
- Nuclear
- 20.5%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 0.9%
- Gas
- 24.9%
- Coal
- 39.0%
- Imports
- 5.5%
- Other
- 1.2%
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 2013
- Greenest half-hour
- 259 gCO₂/kWh
- 2013-06-23 04:00 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 622 gCO₂/kWh
- 2013-03-01 03:30 UTC