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Regions
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England
Scotland
Wales
North Scotland
South Scotland
North West England
North East England
Yorkshire
North Wales & Merseyside
South Wales
West Midlands
East Midlands
East England
South West England
South England
London
South East England
Sources
All Source Types
Renewables
Low Carbon
Fossil Fuels
Interconnects
All Sources
Biomass
CCGT (Gas)
Coal
Hydroelectric
Nuclear
OCGT (Gas)
Pumped Storage
Solar
Wind
Plants
About
Dec. 12, 2012
at 2:45 p.m. GMT
Total Production
50.80 GW
Very High
Carbon Intensity
629 gCO
2
/kWh
Very High
Renewables
3.0%
Low Carbon
12.4%
Fossil Fuels
84.6%
Biomass
598 MW
1.2%
CCGT
18,479 MW
36.4%
Coal
23,317 MW
45.9%
Hydroelectric
311 MW
0.6%
Interconnects
-1,572 MW
-3.1%
Nuclear
7,601 MW
15.0%
OCGT
0 MW
0.0%
Oil
1,190 MW
2.3%
Other
0 MW
0.0%
Pumped Storage
284 MW
0.6%
Solar
0 MW
0.0%
Wind
591 MW
1.2%
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