UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 7:55 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.40 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
85.0%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,774 MW 38.0%
Coal 22,831 MW 46.2%
Hydroelectric 606 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,130 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 7,694 MW 15.6%
OCGT 393 MW 0.8%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 286 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 343 MW 0.7%