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All-time record

Dirtiest half-hour

The most carbon-intensive half-hour on record - typically a still, dark winter evening in the coal era.

The record

644 gCO₂/kWh

Set 2012-03-13 05:30:00 UTC

Recomputed from NESO's historic half-hourly data whenever new history is ingested. Eras a fuel wasn't tracked are excluded - never counted as zero.