By Paul Homewood
h/t Hugh Sharman
Power Engineering International report:
Low levels of renewable generation and high demand drove gas-fired power generation to its highest level since 2021 for the first quarter of the year.
That was the standout highlight in a new report on the British power generation market by Montel Analytics.
Montel’s study showed that electricity generated by combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) increased to 26.8TWh over the first three months of 2025 – a rise of 13% from Q4 2024 and the highest Q1 level of CCGT generation for four years.
This surge was driven by a fall in renewable generation owing to intervals of high winter demand and periods of ‘dunkelflaute’, in which demand is high while there is little to no wind or solar generation.
Domestic demand for the quarter was 66.3TWh, a 6% increase from Q4 2024 and the highest Q1 demand since 2022. Meanwhile, renewable output fell from 35.8TWh in Q1 2024 to 34.1TWh in the first quarter of this year, mainly due to a decline in wind and biomass output. Wind generation during the quarter totalled only 22.3TWh – the lowest first quarter output since 2020.
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