UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.72 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.9%
Low Carbon
12.6%
Fossil Fuels
84.6%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,489 MW 38.4%
Coal 23,270 MW 45.9%
Hydroelectric 443 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,606 MW -3.2%
Nuclear 7,702 MW 15.2%
OCGT 133 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 272 MW 0.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 414 MW 0.8%