UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:25 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.70 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.9%
Low Carbon
13.1%
Fossil Fuels
84.1%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,573 MW 36.6%
Coal 23,316 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 408 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,308 MW -2.6%
Nuclear 7,602 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 726 MW 1.4%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 324 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 456 MW 0.9%