UK’s wind parks produce 4.45% of all power on Aug 14

August 15 (Renewables Now) - With 22,247 MWh generated, wind accounted for 4.45% of the electricity generation in the UK on August 14.

Overall electricity generation for the day stood at 500,042 MWh, data by Elexon, the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo) shows.

Generation data per power source is available in the table below.

Power source	Power generation in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	53,185	10.64
Coal	0	0.00
Combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT)	294,189	58.83
Open cycle gas turbines (OCGT)	540	0.11
Nuclear	111,754	22.35
Oil	0	0.00
Pumped storage hydro	4,020	0.80
Other hydro (NPSHYD)	4,254	0.85
Wind	22,247	4.45
Other	9,853	1.97

On August 12, wind accounted for 7.20% of the electricity generation in the UK, with 45,303 MWh produced. A day later, the share reached 7.39% as wind turbines generated 42,033 MWh.