Nuclear power provided approximately 70% of the electricity for Cop26 in Glasgow on 2 November, according to data from National Grid’s Carbon Intensity App.
The London-based Nuclear Industry Association said nuclear output from the four nuclear units at Torness and Hunterston B power stations, supported by wind power, gave the southern Scotland region, which includes Glasgow, host to the Cop26 meeting, the lowest-carbon electricity in the whole UK.
Other parts of the country, which do not have as strong a combination of nuclear and renewable capacity as southern Scotland, had to burn coal and gas to meet the majority of their demand.
The London-based Nuclear Industry Association said nuclear output from the four nuclear units at Torness and Hunterston B power stations, supported by wind power, gave the southern Scotland region, which includes Glasgow, host to the Cop26 meeting, the lowest-carbon electricity in the whole UK.
Other parts of the country, which do not have as strong a combination of nuclear and renewable capacity as southern Scotland, had to burn coal and gas to meet the majority of their demand.
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