History · 2014
GB electricity in 2014
In 2014, Great Britain generated 309.9 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 418.7 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 8.2% of generation.
- Generation
- 309.9 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 418.7
- gCO₂/kWh
- Renewable share
- 10.7%
- wind + solar + hydro
- Peak demand
- 51.2 GW
- 2014-01-23
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 8.2%
- Solar
- 1.3%
- Nuclear
- 19.3%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 1.3%
- Gas
- 28.0%
- Coal
- 31.2%
- Imports
- 7.5%
- Other
- 2.4%
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 2014
- Greenest half-hour
- 183 gCO₂/kWh
- 2014-08-11 00:30 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 562 gCO₂/kWh
- 2014-04-01 03:00 UTC