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BEIS Energy Trends - 2019 Q2, April to June - Our Take and Summary https…
Coal production for the second quarter of 2019 fell to a new record low and was 25% lower than the second quarter of 2018. This is due to falling demand. Coal imports were 19% lower. Generators' demand for coal fell by 61% to a record low.
Low carbon electricity's share of electricity generation fell slightly to 52.6% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to 53.6% in the same period last year.
Renewables' share of electricity generation was 35.5% in the second quarter of 2019 - up 3.5% on the share in the same period of the previous year due to increased capacity.
The average temperature in this period compared to the same period in 2018 was 1.3 degrees cooler with May and June being particularly cooler compared to May and June 2018.
On a seasonally adjusted and temperature corrected basis there was a record quarterly high levels of wind, hydro and solar PV (up 12%).
Domestic energy consumption rose by 5.7%. Average temperatures in the second quarter of 2019 were 1.3 degrees cooler than a year earlier with May and June being 1.7 degrees cooler than in 2018.
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Surface mining production fell as a result of mine closures and falling demand for coal for electricity generation.
Deep mined production increased from 4 thousand tonnes to 27 thousand tonnes due to Aberpergwm colliery which came out of care and maintenance and went back into production.
Strong growth in exports and a small decrease in imports meant the UK primary oil net import position was 1 million tonnes - the second lowest level in 10 years and down by 2/3 compared to 2018. UK refinery dependence on net imports was the second lowest level since 2010.
Since the opening of new projects in the North Sea in late 2017 and during 2018 production has been increasing, reversing the long term trend of decline.
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The demand for road fuels feell by 3%, the largest decrease since 2013. Demand for petrol was down by 1% and diesel 4% compared to 2 2018 - the largest decrease since 2009. This is linked to the 0.6 billion reduction in vehicle miles driven in Q2 2019 compared to 2018.
Less miles were driven by LGV and HGV goods vehicles. Nearly all of these are diesel fuelled meaning that the 3.6% decrease in miles travelled by each of these vehicle classes has had a substantial effect on diesel demand. There has also been a shift in use of petrol over diesel fuelled cars meaning the fall in diesel demand outstripped the fall in demand for petrol.
Demand for aviation turbine fuel increased by 3.2% compared to Q2 2018. Consumption increased on the first quarter of the year because demand is seasonal with more people flying during summer months.
Norway is the main source of imported gas to the UK at 53%. Qatar is the main source of LNG with 77%.
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There was planned and unplanned outages at 5 reactors which reduced nuclear generation over the period. The use of fossil fuels was therefore compensating for reduced generation from nuclear plants. Due to the nuclear share it wasn't fully offset by an increase in share for renewables.
There was a 19% increase in wind generation. Offshore wind saw a rise of 25%. Overall weather conditions for renewables was similar when compared to the same period in the previous year. June saw higher average wind speeds by nearly 1 knot. Sunlight hours were slightly lower for Q2 2019 compared to 2018.
Renewable electricity generation was 14% lower than the previous quarter which had been the second highest on record for renewable electricity generation.
Generation from solar PV decreased only slightly. An increase in capacity was offset by average daily sun hours being down.
Hydro generation dropped. Generation fell despite a small increase in capacity and an increase in average rainfall. Actual generation depends on the precise location and timing of rainfall as well as vegetation and soil saturation. Average rainfall fell by 62% on April of last year, while rainfall in June was more than double that of June 2018.
Generation from bioenergy was up 7.2% on a year before. The largest increase came from plant biomass - wood pellets. These were offset by reduced generation from landfill gas and anaerobic digestion. Planmt biomass capacity increased due to the conversion to biomass of Lynemouth power station.
Increases in solar PV capacity were slower than the expansion seen from 2010-2016 partly due to the closure of the Renewables Obligation and Feed in Tariffs at the end of March.
There were over 986,000 installed and eligible for the FiT scheme when the scheme closed at the end of Q1 2019. Renewable installations eligible for FiTs represented 14% of all renewable installed capacity.
The regions with the highest capacity in England, including PV are East of England, Yorkshire and the Humber and the South East.
The most capacity growth came from Biomass and Waste in Yorkshire and Humber from Drax Units, Energy Works Hull, King George Dock, Cross Green ERF and Allerton Waste Recovery Park.
The biggest capacity growth in solar PV was in the south west at Lower Slade Farm, Springhill Solar Park, Milborne Port Soalr, FarmGreat Houndbeare FarmLand at Poles Hole Farm, Southwick Pv, FarmWick Road.