History · 2015
GB electricity in 2015
In 2015, Great Britain generated 304.7 TWh of electricity, at an average carbon intensity of 355.9 gCO₂/kWh, with wind supplying 10.4% of generation.
- Generation
- 304.7 TWh
- Avg carbon
- 355.9
- gCO₂/kWh
- Renewable share
- 14.1%
- wind + solar + hydro
- Peak demand
- 52.5 GW
- 2015-01-19
Share of generation by fuel
- Wind
- 10.4%
- Solar
- 2.4%
- Nuclear
- 21.6%
- Biomass
- not tracked before Nov 2017
- Hydro
- 1.3%
- Gas
- 27.7%
- Coal
- 24.4%
- Imports
- 7.6%
- Other
- 3.7%
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 2015
- Greenest half-hour
- 140 gCO₂/kWh
- 2015-11-16 03:30 UTC
- Dirtiest half-hour
- 532 gCO₂/kWh
- 2015-03-25 06:00 UTC