Yes, that's the reality in the UK regardless of what label your supplier puts on itI am, but far more important than my tariff being green or not, is that I make an effort to use electricity off-peak during the times when its cleanest and avoid using it at peak times when emissions are highest.
All green tariffs are something of an accounting exercise, they don't match your actual power consumption with green generation in real-time, but match volumes over a much longer period of time. The actual electricity used to meet your demand will for a sizeable portion of the time be coming from fossil fuels, albeit matched against green electricity volumes generated at an earlier or later time. But your consumption still results in emissions and those emissions are affected by the power plants running at the time, which is generally determined by the time you use it, emissions being highest at peak times, lowest over night.
These 100% green claims are all rather misleading.
And you can see when the most electricity is from renewables at G. B. National Grid statusI am, but far more important than my tariff being green or not, is that I make an effort to use electricity off-peak during the times when its cleanest and avoid using it at peak times when emissions are highest.
All green tariffs are something of an accounting exercise, they don't match your actual power consumption with green generation in real-time, but match volumes over a much longer period of time. The actual electricity used to meet your demand will for a sizeable portion of the time be coming from fossil fuels, albeit matched against green electricity volumes generated at an earlier or later time. But your consumption still results in emissions and those emissions are affected by the power plants running at the time, which is generally determined by the time you use it, emissions being highest at peak times, lowest over night.
These 100% green claims are all rather misleading.
Or see the forecast intensity for the day ahead at www.carbonintensity.org to plan ahead.And you can see when the most electricity is from renewables at G. B. National Grid status
Is it mainly hydro if it's "up to 40% renewable generation" only a windy day with low demandYes, Bulb. Mainly hydro.
So, just 7% in the hall of shame, eh?