[Mark J Constable]

Interesting that the 2013 supply mix stats are out, and Ecotricity's proportion of coal generation has risen and thus their CO2/kWh is worse than for 2012. Genuinely surprised at that.

 

[Mark J Constable]

I doubt the EH consumption is big enough to get to the third significant figure for them, yet. What the figures do show is an overall backing off of gas and a return to coal (2013 remember), but this will be short lived as coal stations are being shut down and gas plant is being brought online/out of mothballing.

Renewables are still coming on at a quick rate, but it's just that it takes hundreds of turbines to match a single thermal station switching decision. For 2013 the entire UK wind sector's output was just under four nuclear stations and just over one Drax.

 

[Mark J Constable]

The August 2013 data are for the disclosure period 01/04/2012 to 31/03/2013.

Ecotricity have been 100% renewable since August 2013.


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuel-mix-disclosure-data-table

Good shout - the report I was reading made no mention of that. I did know that, I'm sure...