UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. GMT

Total Production
49.79 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
623 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
11.8%
Fossil Fuels
85.0%
Biomass 597 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,688 MW 37.5%
Coal 23,259 MW 46.7%
Hydroelectric 598 MW 1.2%
Interconnects -2,150 MW -4.3%
Nuclear 7,701 MW 15.5%
OCGT 393 MW 0.8%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 336 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 364 MW 0.7%