Deeside Centre for Innovation · Physical exposureFACILITY

National Grid · asset · Deeside, GB · 53.079, -2.879

basis: MEASURED · confidence: 0.65 · status: active

Combined risk & exposure

Radial: current state · Sparklines: 2023 / 30 / 50 / 80

Trajectory across horizons

Water stress0.11 → 0.19

Aqueduct 4.0 BWS score at the HydroBASINS L6 watershed containing the site.

Water depletion0.24 → 0.24

Aqueduct 4.0 BWD score — cumulative extraction against replenishment at the same watershed.

Deforestation5 ha cumulative → extrapolated +20 ha

Hansen Global Forest Change tree-cover loss within 5km; forward horizons extrapolated from 2019-2023 loss rate.

Grid carbon217 gCO₂/kWh → 30 gCO₂/kWh

Ember observed gCO₂/kWh for the country; IEA STEPS for 2030 / 2050 projection.

Country energy context · United Kingdom

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Grid CO₂ intensity

217

gCO₂/kWh · 2025

0.00

200

400

600

800

median 336.28

United Kingdom · 217.41 · FY2025 ↓

Ember Climate (observed + generation mix) · IEA STEPS (2030/2050 projection) · rank 32/94

Generation mix

64%

clean · 2025

Solar 7%Wind 29%Hydro 2%Nuclear 12%Bioenergy 14%

Power capacity pipeline

146 GW

in flight · 90% clean

Wind81 GW

Solar34 GW

Oil & gas13 GW

Hydro9.6 GW

Nuclear6.7 GW

Bioenergy1.3 GW

Geothermal7 MW

Construction (solid) + pre-construction (light). Source GEM.

Grid intensity outlook

2030100gCO₂/kWh▼ 54%

205030gCO₂/kWh▼ 86%

IEA STEPS · published policy trajectory

Physical climate

Current state + 2030 / 2050 / 2080 horizons (NEX-GDDP, Aqueduct Future, CoastalDEM, UKCP18)

Business as usual

Indicator	2030	2050	2080
Water stress (0–5)	0.3	0.3	0.2
Water depletion (0–5)	0.3	0.3	0.2
Interannual variability (0–5)	1.3	1.2	1.2
Seasonal variability (0–5)	1.4	1.5	1.5

Pessimistic

Indicator	2030	2050	2080
Water stress (0–5)	0.3	0.6	0.7
Water depletion (0–5)	0.3	0.3	0.4
Interannual variability (0–5)	1.2	1.2	1.3
Seasonal variability (0–5)	1.4	1.5	1.7

Nature dependency

Water (Aqueduct + sector-weighted lens), biodiversity, soil

Water — sector-weighted lens

0.89 Low (office lens)

Watershed: England, United Kingdom · aq30 18632

Hydrology context

Major basin: North Atlantic (ex 109, 116, 309, 311, 313, 444, 447, 448, 603, 608) · coastal

Water — Aqueduct baseline indicators

BWS — Water stress

0.11

Low (<10%)

BWD — Depletion

0.24

Low (<5%)

RFR — Riverine flood

1.38

Low - Medium (1 in 1,000 to 2 in 1,000)

CFR — Coastal flood

2.30

Medium - High (7 in 100,000 to 3 in 10,000)

DRR — Drought

3.13

Medium - High (0.6-0.8)

UDW — Drinking water

0.00

USA — Sanitation

0.00

Biodiversity — protected areas

No protected areas within 30km (currently PAD-US US-only; KBA + national PAs Wave 2 pending).

Soil

SoilGrids / Living England — Wave 3/5 pending

Nature impact

Emissions, fire, deforestation

Fire (FIRMS, last 7 days)

8 fires within 50km · nearest 14.8 km

Air quality (PM2.5)

5.2µg/m³ · Good (≈WHO target)

From OpenAQ station Wrexham - UKA00440 · 9.2 km away · measured 5/19/2026

Asset emissions (Climate TRACE, within 50km)

3 assets · 101.4 ktCO₂e/yr aggregate

Sandbach power station — electricity-generation/ · 60.3 ktCO₂e (2024) · 33.1 km
Fiddler's Ferry power station — electricity-generation/ · 0 ktCO₂e (2024) · 35 km
Port Of Liverpool power station — electricity-generation/ · 41.1 ktCO₂e (2024) · 42.4 km

Deforestation (Hansen GFC, 5km buffer)

Loss 2001-2023 within 5km

4.90

hectares

Loss 2019-2023 (recent)

1.80

hectares

Canopy cover (2000 baseline)

4.05

% in 1km

Operational + social

Buildings, grid carbon, workforce

Buildings

Microsoft + Google footprints + EPC — Wave 3 pending

Grid carbon intensity

2025 · now

217.41

gCO₂/kWh

2030 · STEPS

100

gCO₂/kWh-54%

2050 · STEPS

gCO₂/kWh-86%

Country lookup (GB) · Ember 2024 + IEA WEO 2024 STEPS

Workforce

ONS / BLS just-transition — Wave 6 pending

Disclosure-ready outputs

TNFD-LEAP / IFRS-S2 / SBTN / EUDR / BNG / SBTi-FLAG fragments

Applicable frameworks

TCFD, IFRS-S2, CSRD, EU ETS, EU eMARS

wave_5_pending — composed from bakes once P1-P4 populated

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