UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.97 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
618 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.9%
Low Carbon
13.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 19,136 MW 37.5%
Coal 23,264 MW 45.6%
Hydroelectric 430 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,308 MW -2.6%
Nuclear 7,723 MW 15.2%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 410 MW 0.8%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 282 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 430 MW 0.8%