UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 8:55 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.25 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
619 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.8%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
84.5%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,888 MW 37.6%
Coal 23,329 MW 46.4%
Hydroelectric 385 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,642 MW -3.3%
Nuclear 7,704 MW 15.3%
OCGT 253 MW 0.5%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 321 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 409 MW 0.8%