UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 7, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. GMT

Total Production
52.89 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
578 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
6.5%
Low Carbon
20.6%
Fossil Fuels
73.0%
Biomass 0 MW 0.0%
CCGT 15,171 MW 28.7%
Coal 23,199 MW 43.9%
Hydroelectric 880 MW 1.7%
Interconnects 2,568 MW 4.9%
Nuclear 6,803 MW 12.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 220 MW 0.4%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,509 MW 2.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 2,537 MW 4.8%