Electricity from green energy surges by 50 per cent
Green energy news – by GreenWise staff
30th September 2011
Electricity supplied from renewables jumped by more than half in the second quarter of 2011, latest Government statistics show.
Renewables, including
wind and
hydro, contributed 7.86 terawatt hours (TWh) in Q2 2011, accounting for 9.6 per cent of the
electricity grid mix for that period, according to figures released by the
Department of Energy and Climate Change yesterday.
In Q2 2010, renewables accounted for 6.3 per cent of the electricity supply. The 50.2 per cent surge in green energy represents the biggest increase on record.
Nuclear
Nuclear also saw a sharp increase (38 per cent), contributing 17.44 TWh of electricity supply in the second quarter of 2011, representing a 21.3 per cent share of the overall mix compared to 15. one per cent over the same three months in 2010.
Coal and gas
Coal was down 2.3 per cent, representing a 22.1 per cent share of electricity supply, while gas saw an 18. 3 per cent fall in output to 44 per cent of the total UK electricity supply.
Total electricity supplied by all generators in the second quarter was 1.7 per cent lower than the same period in 2010.
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