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Electricity Ten Year Statement - National Grid

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2.4 continued<br />

Generating capacity<br />

Figure 2.4.2:<br />

Gone green installed capacity mix<br />

GW (installed capacity)<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

Figure 2.4.2 illustrates the capacity mix for the<br />

Gone Green background over the study period.<br />

The existing level of renewables at 2012 in this<br />

scenario is 8.5% which will rise to 28.5% in 2020<br />

and finally increasing to 41.5% in 2032.<br />

2.4.4<br />

Accelerated Growth 2012<br />

The Accelerated Growth scenario shows a<br />

much steeper increase in the level of renewables<br />

generation capacity than Gone Green and Slow<br />

Progression. The key messages for this scenario<br />

are shown below:<br />

Wind generation capacity increases steeply in<br />

this scenario and reaches 33 GW by 2020 and<br />

64 GW by 2032 showing a total increase over<br />

the period of 59 GW.<br />

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2012<br />

Nuclear<br />

2013<br />

2014<br />

2015<br />

2016<br />

Coal<br />

2017<br />

2018<br />

Other Renewables Interconnector<br />

2019<br />

2020<br />

2021<br />

2022<br />

2023<br />

2024<br />

2025<br />

2026<br />

2027<br />

Gas/CHP Offshore Wind<br />

Other (Oil/Pumped)<br />

Demand<br />

2028<br />

2029<br />

2030<br />

2031<br />

2032<br />

Onshore Wind<br />

% Renewables<br />

70%<br />

60%<br />

50%<br />

40%<br />

30%<br />

20%<br />

10%<br />

0%<br />

Gas-fired capacity shows a total increase over<br />

the period to 2032 of approximately 5 GW.<br />

Coal capacity shows a net decrease over the<br />

period to 2032 of approximately 12 GW, the<br />

total coal capacity in 2020 is 20 GW with the<br />

total decreasing to 12 GW in 2030 but rising<br />

slightly again by 2032 as new CCS capacity<br />

comes on line.<br />

Nuclear generation decreases over the period<br />

to 2020 by 1 GW, however increases over the<br />

full period to 2032 by a total of 8 GW, with the<br />

introduction of new nuclear plant.<br />

Other renewables which include marine, hydro<br />

and biomass also increase steeply over the<br />

period to 2032 showing a total generating<br />

capacity increase of approximately 6 GW,<br />

taking the total installed capacity to 7.7 GW.

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