UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has released energy statistics report for the second quarter of 2015.
In 2015 Q2, total electricity generated remained unchanged at 78.8 TWh compared to a year earlier.
The share of renewables (hydro, wind, and other renewables) in electricity generation increased from 16.7% in the second quarter of 2014, to 25.3% in Q2 2015.
Low carbon electricity’s share of generation increased from 38.9% in Q2 of 2014 to 46.8% in Q2 of 2015.
Final consumption of electricity during the second quarter of 2015, at 71.9 TWh, was provisionally 1% higher than in the same period last year.
The report covers the 3 month period from June to August, 2015, with comparison to the same period a year earlier.
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