UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 7:45 a.m. GMT

Total Production
48.98 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
614 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
84.1%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,331 MW 37.4%
Coal 22,509 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 605 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,130 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 7,701 MW 15.7%
OCGT 359 MW 0.7%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 654 MW 1.3%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 354 MW 0.7%