UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. GMT

Total Production
50.93 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
614 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.8%
Low Carbon
12.5%
Fossil Fuels
84.7%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,748 MW 38.8%
Coal 23,229 MW 45.6%
Hydroelectric 442 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,606 MW -3.2%
Nuclear 7,714 MW 15.1%
OCGT 133 MW 0.3%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 273 MW 0.5%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 394 MW 0.8%