UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.56 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
625 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.1%
Low Carbon
12.9%
Fossil Fuels
84.0%
Biomass 592 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,393 MW 36.4%
Coal 23,260 MW 46.0%
Hydroelectric 444 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,346 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,604 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 812 MW 1.6%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 286 MW 0.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 515 MW 1.0%