Plant load factor of conventional thermal stations in the UK 2012-2022

This includes conventional steam plants, gas turbines and oil engines and plants producing electricity from thermal renewable sources.

According to the source, the data cover the 12 months ending March of the following year, e.g. 2014 data are for the year ending March 2015.

Plant Load Factor (PLF) is the ratio between the actual energy generated by the plant to the maximum possible energy that can be generated with the plant working at its rated power and for a duration of an entire year.

Data for 2010 were taken from a previous report.
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