Electricity generation mix in 2025

It's almost the end of the year so I thought I'd take a look at how the energy transition is going in the UK. You can find the data here. 

For the second year, wind is our biggest source of electricity, rising slightly from an average of 9.4GW to 9.8GW. I expect wind will continue to be our biggest source for the foreseeable future, unless a new clean, cheap energy source appears. 

Solar is still a small part of our energy mix, but increased from 1.6GW to 2.1GW. That's actually a big increase compared to previous years and I suspect solar could become a much bigger part of our electricity supply, since it produces lots of power in the summer whilst wind excels in the winter.

Other good news was coal producing no power at all for the first year since electricity generation began in 1882.

The bad news was there was also an increase in electricity production from gas and also a small increase in the carbon intensity of electricity generation. I suspect this is due to electricity demand starting to increase and the build out of renewables not keeping up.