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Fuel mix.

In 2019 npower became part of the E.ON group but it wasn't until June 2020 that we started to move npower customers onto our shiny new E.ON Next systems. As this fuel mix statement is for the year before any customers moved over to E.ON Next, it reflects the makeup of the electricity supplied by npower under their supplier licences from April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
With E.ON Next, all of the electricity we supply to your home is backed by 100% renewable sources, like wind, biomass and solar power. And where we don't generate it ourselves, we buy renewable energy certificates to show we've replaced what you used with 100% green electricity. So don’t worry, you’ll see all of this in our E.ON Next Fuel Mix statement next year. Or if you don’t quite believe us you can check out E.ON’s fuel mix statement for the same period.
Fuel mix disclosure reporting
As required by the Electricity (Fuel Mix Disclosure) Regulations 2005, the tables below give a breakdown of the fuel sources for the electricity supplied under npower’s licences – the fuels they used to produce electricity for all residential, small business and corporate customers. Figures are for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.
Domestic customers were supplied under the following licences: Npower Limited, Npower Northern Limited, Npower Northern Supply Limited, Npower Yorkshire Limited and Npower Yorkshire Supply Limited. Please see the bottom of your last npower bill for the particular licence you were supplied under.
For business customers please see the front of your last npower bill to identify whether you were a customer of npower Business or npower Business Solutions:
If you were supplied by npower Business, up to and including 31 May 2020 you were supplied under the Npower Direct Limited or Npower Northern Limited licence; and from and including 1 June 2020 you were supplied under the Npower Northern Limited licence.
If you were supplied by npower Business Solutions, you were supplied under the Npower Limited or Npower Northern Limited licence.
Please see your last npower bill for the licence you were supplied under.
Fuel mix for 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
Npower limited
Coal
4.8%
Natural gas
54.4%
Nuclear
6.2%
Renewable
30.7%
Other
3.9%
Carbon dixoxide emissions (g/kWh)
285
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0.0004
Npower Northern Limited and Npower Northern Supply Limited
Coal
6.0%
Natural gas
69.0%
Nuclear
7.9%
Renewable
12.1%
Other
5.0%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
362
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0.0006
Npower Yorkshire Limited and Npower Yorkshire Supply Limited
Coal
6.2%
Natural Gas
71.2%
Nuclear
8.1%
Renewable
9.3%
Other
5.1%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
373
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0.0006
UK National Average*
Coal
3.9%
Natural gas
39.4%
Nuclear
16.6%
Renewable
37.9%
Other
2.2%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
205
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0.0012
Fuel mix product level breakdown
Business Renewable Product**
Coal
0%
Natural Gas
0%
Nuclear
0%
Renewable
100%
Other
0%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
0
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0
Juice, Cleaner Energy Fix and Go Green Fix Product***
Coal
0%
Natural gas
0%
Nuclear
0%
Renewable
100%
Other
0%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
0
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0
All other products****
Coal
6.3%
Natural gas
72.0%
Nuclear
8.2%
Renewable
8.3%
Other
5.2%
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh)
377
Radioactive waste (g/kWh)
0.0006
*Figures provided by the Department for Business , Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
**npower Business Solutions customers on the Npower Limited licence that haver purchased our Business Renewable: REGO Backed Electricity product.
***npower Residential customers on the Npower Limited, Npower Northern Limited or Npower Yorkshire Limited licence that have purchased our Juice, Go Green Fix or Cleaner Energy Fix tariffs.
****npower customers on any of our other tariffs or products.
Carbon dioxide emissions (g/kWh): The weighted average of the carbon dioxide emitted in the production of electricity from each fuel source. This is calculated on the basis of figures provided by BEIS (details of these can be found on the Government website).
Radioactive waste (g/kWh): The radioactive waste, being fuel burnt in the reactor to be subsequently discharged as spent fuel. This is calculated on the basis of figures provided by the BEIS (details of these can be found on the Government website.