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hk1337 6 days ago

Wind generation is king, apparently. I'm curious what the imports consist of, presumably natural gas but it's not indicated; however it doesn't seem to have that big of a reliance.

arethuza 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I think the imports refer to power transfers to/from other countries along interconnectors?

https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-ventures/intercon...

ZeroGravitas 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The electricity maps site calculates the carbon intensity of the grid imports and lists it on the map and the country specifically views (click for more info):

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/72h/hourly

As a general rule, the imports are imported because they are cheaper and generally cheaper means cleaner.

frameset 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

We import from France mostly, via the interconnects between our countries' grids. That means it's probably mostly nuclear.