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COVID-19 update

We’re continuing to support our customers shift to electric cars. Processes have been adapted to make sure that we’re carrying out services safely when installing a home charger and the paperwork for a car lease may take a little longer than usual.

Everything electric cars

Are you looking for electric car leasing deals, home charging points or low cost, low-carbon electricity tariffs for your vehicle (EV) and home? We have everything you need.

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Electric car tariff

Save with our exclusive tariff for electric car owners. If you have an EV you could save up to £210(1) a year with our GoElectric tariff.

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Electric car leases

Get ahead of the curve by leasing an electric car with us. We have a range of electric cars – pick from our best deals.

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Home charger

Fast, safe and smart home charger, the Solo charges up to three times faster than a three-pin plug.

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Watch more Electric Adventures

Last year we challenged a couple of social media influencers to take an electric car out on the road. Watch as they debunk the myths around electric cars: How many times do you need to charge? How do electric cars feel to drive? Colin and Camilla took to the road, also finding out about how we're supporting a low-carbon future. They learn about the power of wind and visit the largest battery storage unit in Europe. See how they got on.

Hack to the future

Colin Furze takes a trip to our West Burton site to discover the true power of batteries.

New heights

Join Camilla Thurlow in Scotland where she meets the worlds oldest skydiver Dilys Price, OBE.

We're proud to be the UK’s largest generator of low-carbon electricity(2). So whether you're considering going smart at home, electric on the road or reducing your business's carbon footprint, we can help you.

Smart homes and lives

More and more people want to be part of a cleaner, and low emission electric future – sustainably powering their journeys, storing electricity and selling it back to the grid. How to start this is easy. Take your first step by installing a smart meter, which will help you to introduce other smart technology into your home – electric vehicles, battery storage and photovoltaic (PV) panels.

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Connecting businesses to the future

We design and deliver energy solutions for some of Britain's most innovative businesses. As the UK's largest generator of low-carbon energy, we can pass on our expertise to save you money and help you meet your sustainability targets.

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Building a sustainable future

We’re one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies, with 35 wind farms in operation and one of the largest operational battery storage units in Europe. Discover how we’re planning to build a sustainable future through wind power.

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Innovation

We’re building a brighter energy future for every home in the UK. Our cutting-edge technologies will accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. Discover more about our innovation hub, Blue Lab, and our Research and Development centre.

Electricity-only savings of £202.00 are based on 4,900kWh (2,900kWh residential usage plus 2,000kWh EV usage), or dual fuel saving of £211.00 with the same electricity usage and additional 12,000kWh of gas. Savings are based on the Direct Debit national average pricing of the GoElectric tariff versus EDF’s Standard (Variable) tariff.

The data supporting the table below and the % values are sourced from a mixture of industry settlement data and the UK government renewable obligation database.

LOW-CARBON GENERATION SUMMARY BY COMPANY		2018	2018
Supplier name	Low-carbon	GWh of low-carbon electricity generation	% of overall low-carbon electricity generation
EDF ENERGY	Low-carbon	45,517	35%
CENTRICA	Low-carbon	11,820	9%
RWE	Low-carbon	2,928	2%
E.on	Low-carbon	2,818	2%
SSE	Low-carbon	6,131	5%
SCOTTISH POWER	Low-carbon	2,855	2%
DRAX	Low-carbon	7,818	6%
ENGIE	Low-carbon	166	0%
OTHER	Low-carbon	52,727	39%
TOTAL	Low-carbon	134,780	100%

Using the latest available data would put EDF Energy's % of low carbon generation at 35%, with Other at 39%. The 39% of Other can itself be broken down into many different owners, the top ten by share of the Other owners and their percentage share of that 39% is below:

DONG Energy RB (UK) Ltd	5.90%
Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd	3.36%
Morecambe Wind Limited	2.91%
Fred Olsen Renewables Ltd	2.59%
Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd	2.59%
Clyde Windfarm (Scotland) Limited	2.44%
Galloper Wind Farm Limited	2.42%
Octopus Investments Limited	2.37%
Foresight Group LLP	1.97%
Falck Renewables Ltd	1.86%

DONG Energy alone accounted for 2.3% of all low-carbon generation in 2018 (38% x 5.9%), with Vattenfall a further 1.3%, and Fred Olsen 1.0%. Removing DONG, Vattenfall and Fred Olsen would leave Other at 34.4%, which itself is still made up of many smaller, independent generators with split ownership. It is, therefore, the case that EDF was the single largest generator of low-carbon electricity in 2018.

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