UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:20 p.m. GMT

Total Production
53.34 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
610 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.5%
Low Carbon
13.4%
Fossil Fuels
83.1%
Biomass 599 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,022 MW 37.5%
Coal 23,298 MW 43.7%
Hydroelectric 709 MW 1.3%
Interconnects -1,642 MW -3.1%
Nuclear 7,598 MW 14.2%
OCGT 25 MW 0.0%
Oil 995 MW 1.9%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,191 MW 2.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 549 MW 1.0%