Wind parks produce 31.06% of UK’s electricity on Feb 5

February 6 (Renewables Now) - Wind farms in the UK produced 173,423 MWh on February 5, reaching a share of 31.06% in total power for the day.

In all, UK power plants produced 558,294 MWh that day, based on data by Elexon, the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo).

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

Energy source	Power generation in MWh	Share in %
Biomass	46,415	8.31
Coal	9,692	1.74
Combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT)	187,397	33.57
Open cycle gas turbines (OCGT)	749	0.13
Nuclear	114,264	20.47
Oil	0	0.00
Pumped storage hydro	3,330	0.60
Other hydro (NPSHYD)	16,330	2.92
Wind	173,423	31.06
Other	6,694	1.20

On February 4, the wind farms in the country produced 189,310 MWh of electricity for a 34.20% daily share.