UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:10 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.50 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
616 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.9%
Low Carbon
12.7%
Fossil Fuels
84.4%
Biomass 597 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,173 MW 38.0%
Coal 23,308 MW 46.2%
Hydroelectric 444 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,606 MW -3.2%
Nuclear 7,697 MW 15.2%
OCGT 133 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 337 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 413 MW 0.8%