The National Grid is Great Britain’s electricity transmission network, distributing the electrical power generated in England, Scotland, and Wales, and transferring energy between Great Britain and Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.
Note: this pie chart shows generation only, and excludes interconnectors
Coal | 0.24 | 0.7 | |
Oil | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
Gas (open cycle) | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
Gas (combined cycle) | 18.34 | 54.1 |
Solar photovoltaic | 3.61 | 10.6 | |
Wind | 0.98 | 2.9 | |
Hydroelectric | 0.37 | 1.1 |
Pumped storage | 0.75 | 2.2 | |
Nuclear | 4.80 | 14.2 | |
Biomass | 1.74 | 5.1 | |
Other | 0.07 | 0.2 |
Moyle | 0.02 | 0.1 | |
IFA | 2.00 | 5.9 | |
BritNed | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
EWIC | 0.00 | 0.0 | |
Nemo Link | 1.00 | 2.9 | |
IFA-2 | -0.00 | -0.0 |