UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:36 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.70 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
611 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.6%
Low Carbon
13.3%
Fossil Fuels
84.1%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 20,042 MW 38.8%
Coal 23,255 MW 45.0%
Hydroelectric 394 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,388 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,699 MW 14.9%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 160 MW 0.3%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 581 MW 1.1%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 357 MW 0.7%