UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.74 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
625 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.2%
Low Carbon
13.3%
Fossil Fuels
83.5%
Biomass 597 MW 1.2%
CCGT 18,081 MW 35.6%
Coal 23,257 MW 45.8%
Hydroelectric 446 MW 0.9%
Interconnects -1,354 MW -2.7%
Nuclear 7,590 MW 15.0%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 1,046 MW 2.1%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 518 MW 1.0%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 561 MW 1.1%