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Our Fuel Mix
Where our electricity comes from
This is where we publish our Fuel Mix – to show where our electricity comes from. We update this table each year, as the figures come in. It presents a good perspective on our progress – as we turn Brown energy into Green.
The latest year we have final figures for is the year ended March 2012 and we’ve added those to the table below.
You’ll see the amount of Green Electricity in our mix has jumped to 64.3%, the highest it’s been yet. But this is already for last year (final figures come in a few months after each year end).
Our next goal is to have 70% Green Electricity in our mix by the end of this year.
Fuel mix history in detail
Below is our fuel mix for the last five years, with the UK National Average figures in the end column for comparison. As you’ll see, we’re making great progress turning Brown energy to Green.
| Fuel Supply | Ecotricity |
National Average | ||||
| Apr 07 - Mar 08 | Apr 08 - Mar 09 | Apr 09 - Mar 10 | Apr 10 - Mar 11 | Apr 11 - Mar 12 |
UK average (11/12) | |
| Natural Gas | 24.1% | 19.1% | 32.3% | 24.0% | 19.7% | 40.7% |
| Coal | 18.3% | 17.1% | 20.2% | 17.5% | 12.1% | 29.2% |
| Nuclear | 18.0% | 16.0% | 4.3% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 19.1% |
| Other | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| All Brown | 62.6% | 54.4% | 59.0% | 45.9% | 35.7% | 90.8% |
| Renewable | 37.4% | 45.6% | 41.0% | 54.1% | 64.3% | 9.2% |
| Environmental Impact | ||||||
|
CO2 emissions* | 266.7 | 232.4 | 308.6 | 266.6 | 195.5 | 434.2 |
|
Radioactive waste** | 0.00161 | 0.00160 | 0.00043 | 0.00026 | 0.00021 | 0.00172 |
*CO2 emissions are in g/kWh
** Radioactive waste relates to high level waste in g/kWh.
Renewable supply figures includes a 1.09 factor for transmission and distribution losses. Fuel Mix Disclosure table relates to electricity supplied through the Renewable Energy Company Ltd.
People Power
All of this progress is down to people like you, the best thing you can do and the most change you can bring with your electricity bill - is to pay it to Ecotricity.
For every pound you spend on your electricity bill we invest an average of 66p on building new sources of Green Electricity. You can switch here, or find out more.
As more and more people understand what's at stake, they become a part of the solution, and share both in the challenges and opportunities presented by the climate crises.