UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:02 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.42 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
615 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.7%
Low Carbon
13.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.1%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,657 MW 38.2%
Coal 23,331 MW 45.4%
Hydroelectric 473 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,388 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,691 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 266 MW 0.5%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 454 MW 0.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 334 MW 0.6%