Wind accounts for 7.75% of UK’s power output on Jun 15

June 16 (Renewables Now) - With 50,103 MWh produced, wind accounted for 7.75% of the electricity generation in the UK on June 15.

Power plants in the country produced 646,733 MWh for the whole day, based on data by Elexon, the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo).

The share of biomass power was 6.30%, with 40,758 MWh produced.

Details are available in the table below.

Power source	Power output in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	40,758	6.30
Coal	2,513	0.39
Combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT)	384,481	59.45
Open cycle gas turbines (OCGT)	395	0.06
Nuclear	147,552	22.81
Oil	0	0.00
Pumped storage hydro	3,753	0.58
Other hydro (NPSHYD)	7,725	1.19
Wind	50,103	7.75
Other	9,453	1.46