UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:45 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.57 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
624 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.0%
Low Carbon
12.9%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 598 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,481 MW 36.5%
Coal 23,231 MW 45.9%
Hydroelectric 421 MW 0.8%
Interconnects -1,346 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,597 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 784 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 282 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 522 MW 1.0%