UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:10 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.76 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
620 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
12.0%
Fossil Fuels
84.8%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,738 MW 37.7%
Coal 23,082 MW 46.4%
Hydroelectric 617 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,150 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 7,700 MW 15.5%
OCGT 393 MW 0.8%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 436 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 345 MW 0.7%