UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:50 a.m. GMT

Total Production
51.42 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
612 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.9%
Low Carbon
13.3%
Fossil Fuels
83.8%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,614 MW 38.1%
Coal 23,278 MW 45.3%
Hydroelectric 527 MW 1.0%
Interconnects -1,388 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,696 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 206 MW 0.4%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 530 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 355 MW 0.7%