UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:35 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.60 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
598 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.4%
Low Carbon
16.3%
Fossil Fuels
80.3%
Biomass 599 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,302 MW 36.5%
Coal 23,346 MW 42.0%
Hydroelectric 766 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -166 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,593 MW 13.7%
OCGT 25 MW 0.0%
Oil 992 MW 1.8%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,618 MW 2.9%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 526 MW 0.9%