UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.02 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
619 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.8%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
84.5%
Biomass 594 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,739 MW 37.5%
Coal 23,293 MW 46.6%
Hydroelectric 404 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,642 MW -3.3%
Nuclear 7,705 MW 15.4%
OCGT 253 MW 0.5%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 274 MW 0.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 395 MW 0.8%