UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.81 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
609 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
13.6%
Fossil Fuels
83.2%
Biomass 600 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,062 MW 37.0%
Coal 22,320 MW 45.7%
Hydroelectric 589 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,130 MW -4.4%
Nuclear 7,706 MW 15.8%
OCGT 245 MW 0.5%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,063 MW 2.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 355 MW 0.7%