UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:20 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.41 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
613 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.5%
Low Carbon
13.3%
Fossil Fuels
84.2%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,809 MW 38.5%
Coal 23,360 MW 45.4%
Hydroelectric 361 MW 0.7%
Interconnects -1,412 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,698 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 100 MW 0.2%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 556 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 340 MW 0.7%