UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.54 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
625 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.0%
Low Carbon
12.9%
Fossil Fuels
84.1%
Biomass 599 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,470 MW 36.5%
Coal 23,281 MW 46.1%
Hydroelectric 414 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,346 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,592 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 764 MW 1.5%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 282 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 488 MW 1.0%