UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:05 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.74 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
11.9%
Fossil Fuels
85.0%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,863 MW 37.9%
Coal 23,034 MW 46.3%
Hydroelectric 607 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,150 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 7,705 MW 15.5%
OCGT 393 MW 0.8%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 342 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 344 MW 0.7%