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Our Fuel Mix
The UK’s biggest growth in renewables
In just four years we have more than doubled the proportion of green electricity in our mix to nearly 50%. Last year, in difficult market conditions, we still hit an increase of 8%, twenty times the average of all the other energy companies!
All suppliers are set a target to increase the amount of renewable they supply by just over 1% a year. Most fail to achieve this lowly target. They don't do renewables or green issues with any passion or seriousness, they're just doing the minimum they have to ... Less than in fact! The average for Great Britain’s energy companies is 5.9%, a rise of only 0.4% since last year (2007/08).
Our plans for the future
Our ultimate goal is 100% green electricity sourced from our own turbines but this is a moving target ... We’re all on a journey from Brown to Green, it’s not the percentage that counts, but the rate of change that’s being made. Forward the revolution.
Fuel mix history in detail
This is our fuel mix for the year that ended in April last year – so it’s historical not current, and it’s published here under the European and UK Fuel Mix Disclosure regulations.
| Fuel Supply | Ecotricity | National Average |
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| Apr 05 - Mar 06 | Apr 06 - Mar 07 | Apr 07 - Mar 08 | Apr 08 - Mar 09 | UK average (08/09) | |
| Natural Gas | 24.7% | 22.8% | 24.1% | 17.1% | 43.3% |
| Coal | 20.2% | 23.8% | 18.3% | 19.1% | 32.9% |
| Nuclear | 30.3% | 25.9% | 18% | 16.0% | 15.3% |
| Other | 4.5% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| All Brown | 79.7% | 75.8% | 62.6% | 54.4% | 94% |
| Renewable | 20.2% | 24.1% | 37.4% | 45.6% | 5.9% |
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| Environmental Impact | |||||
| CO2 emissions* | 292 | 316 | 266.7 | 232.4 | 462.9 |
| Radioactive waste** | 0.00363 | 0.00285 | 0.00161 | 0.0016 | 0.00153 |
*CO2 emissions are in g/kWh; ** Radioactive waste relates to high level waste in g/kWh.
Renewable supply figures include an estimated 10.9% reduction for transmission and distribution losses.
Help us change the way electricity is made
The best thing you can do and the most change you can bring with your electricity bill - is to pay it to Ecotricity. We'll use it to build new sources of green energy - spending one pound for every pound you spend with us. You can switch here, or find out more.
