UK Electricity Production

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Dec. 12, 2012 at 4:40 p.m. GMT

Total Production
55.73 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
599 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
3.4%
Low Carbon
16.0%
Fossil Fuels
80.7%
Biomass 599 MW 1.1%
CCGT 20,592 MW 37.0%
Coal 23,345 MW 41.9%
Hydroelectric 767 MW 1.4%
Interconnects -166 MW -0.3%
Nuclear 7,599 MW 13.6%
OCGT 25 MW 0.0%
Oil 985 MW 1.8%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 1,460 MW 2.6%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 521 MW 0.9%