{"id":2093,"date":"2024-02-15T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.uk\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:54:22","slug":"capacity-and-production-statistics-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reports.electricinsights.co.uk\/?p=2093","title":{"rendered":"Capacity and production statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wind power had a record-breaking quarter, producing more than 25 TWh of electricity over the last three months of 2023.\u00a0<\/strong> This made it the largest source of electricity over the quarter, supplying more than a third of the country\u2019s demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, gas fell to its lowest share since 2015, squeezed out by more imports and less exports (so less need for power supply), and more generation from biomass and wind.  Gas-fired electricity production was down by 24% compared to the same quarter the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coal bucked its annual downwards trend, producing one-third more in Quarter 4 compared to the year before.  The country\u2019s last coal plant ran almost continuously since summer, a far cry from the start of this decade which saw whole months with zero coal output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Britain\u2019s electricity supply mix in the fourth quarter of 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Daily average electricity production from coal through 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Installed capacity and electricity produced by each technology [1]<\/strong><\/a> [2]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[1]<\/a> Other sources give different values because of the types of plant they consider.  For example, BEIS Energy Trends<\/a> records an additional 0.7 GW of hydro, 0.6 GW of biomass and 3 GW of waste-to-energy plants.  These plants and their output are not visible to the electricity transmission system and so cannot be reported on here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> We include an estimate of the installed capacity of smaller storage devices which are not monitored by the electricity market operator. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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