UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:06 p.m. GMT

Total Production
51.39 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
616 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.7%
Low Carbon
13.0%
Fossil Fuels
84.3%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,647 MW 38.2%
Coal 23,342 MW 45.4%
Hydroelectric 471 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,388 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,700 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 310 MW 0.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 378 MW 0.7%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 331 MW 0.6%