Carbon Brief has mapped the UK's ability stations inward guild to exhibit where as well as how the solid reason meets it's ability demands. The map provides a fascinating insight into where the unlike types of ability station are sited inward the UK.
The map uses colored proportional circle markers, which are used to exhibit both the capacity of each ability station as well as how they are fueled. The colors of the markers indicates how the ability station is fueled as well as the size of the marking represents the station's capacity inward megawatts.
The How the UK of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland Generates its Electricity map equally good includes the option to filter the station shown past times type of ability station. This allows you lot to see where the unlike types of ability stations are concentrated inside the UK. For representative solar powered stations are most alone concentrated to the due south of the country, inward areas which driblet dead the most hours of sunlight.
Coal powered stations are concentrated mainly inward the due north of England close historic coal mining communities. Wind farms tend to endure concentrated to a greater extent than or less the coast as well as on higher ground. All the UK's nuclear ability stations are located on the coast inward guild to endure close a laid upwards provide of cooling water.
