The Uk Electricity Map

Carbon Brief has mapped the UK's ability stations inward guild to demo where in addition to how the dry soil meets it's ability demands. The map provides a fascinating insight into where the dissimilar types of ability station are sited inward the UK.

The map uses colored proportional circle markers, which are used to demo both the capacity of each ability station in addition to how they are fueled. The colors of the markers indicates how the ability station is fueled in addition to the size of the mark represents the station's capacity inward megawatts.

The How the Great Britain Generates its Electricity map besides includes the option to filter the station shown past times type of ability station. This allows y'all to consider where the dissimilar types of ability stations are concentrated inside the UK. For illustration solar powered stations are close alone concentrated to the S of the country, inward areas which expire the most hours of sunlight.

Coal powered stations are concentrated mainly inward the northward of England close historic coal mining communities. Wind farms tend to last concentrated around the coast in addition to on higher ground. All the UK's nuclear ability stations are located on the coast inward guild to last close a ready render of cooling water.